{"id":"CVE-2012-20002","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-20002","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:42:57.539Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2026-10-20T21:17:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-23T14:17:29.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00528,"percentile":0.44404,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-21","score":0.00412,"percentile":0.3434}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.53%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-20T21:17:11.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.7","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T21:17:10.613Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yaml","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image-php","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-20002","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}