High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2026
CVE-2012-20002
CVE-2012-20002
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.
Affected products
1- Range: <1.1.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yamlnvd
- packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/nvd
- wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/nvd
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image-phpnvd
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