CVE-2012-20002CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2012-20002

High · published October 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery plugin for WordPress before 1.1.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via the href parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /php/download-image.php with traversal sequences like ../../../../wp-config.php to retrieve database credentials and system files. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00412 · 34.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-10-21T01:17Z
References (6)
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yaml · [email protected]https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/ · [email protected]https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/ · [email protected]https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400 · [email protected]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image-php · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 03:05Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 20 OCT 20:31Z
    TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery WordPress Plugin < 1.1.0 Path Traversal via download-image.php
    cvelistv5
  • 20 OCT 20:31Z
    TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery WordPress Plugin < 1.1.0 Path Traversal via download-image.php
    cvelistv5