High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2026
CVE-2016-20100
CVE-2016-20100
Description
Memphis Documents Library plugin for WordPress before 3.1.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via the mdocs-img-preview parameter. Attackers can send GET requests with traversal sequences to mdocs_img_preview() in mdocs-downloads.php to download wp-config.php containing database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-22.
Affected products
1- Range: <3.1.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-memphis-documents-library-lfi.yamlnvd
- packetstorm.news/files/id/136374/nvd
- wordpress.org/plugins/memphis-documents-library/nvd
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/53999c06-05ca-44f1-b713-1e4d6b4a3f9fnvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39593nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/memphis-documents-library-wordpress-plugin-3.1.6-path-traversal-via-mdocs-img-previewnvd
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