CVE-2012-20002

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.

Score

CVSS 4.0 8.7 High

Status

Deferred - disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published

2026-10-20

Last modified

2026-10-28

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected products

• Tinymce Thumbnail Gallery (James Charlesworth)

References

• https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400
• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yaml
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image…