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CVE-2012-20002

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 78/100
Published: 2026-10-20 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
AT: None
VC: High
VI: None
VA: None

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
James Charlesworth TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery 0.10 < 1.1.0
James Charlesworth TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery 0.10 < 1.1.0

References & Advisories (6)

Bug Bounty Relevance

78 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.7 / 10.0 v4.0
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 — Exploitation Probability

0.53%
Raw Score 0.005280
Percentile 44.6%
Date 2026-10-29

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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