{"id":"CVE-2012-20002","title":"TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery WordPress Plugin < 1.1.0 Path Traversal via download-image.php","summary":"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-im…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-22"],"vendor":"James Charlesworth","product":"TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery","affected":["tinymce_thumbnail_gallery >= 0.10 < 1.1.0"],"published":"2026-10-20","updated":"2026-10-20","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-20T20:31:18.351Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-20002","references":[{"url":"https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/","label":"Packet Storm 113417"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022","label":"EDB-19022"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400","label":"WPScan Advisory"},{"url":"https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yaml","label":"Nuclei Template"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/","label":"WordPress Download Page"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image-php","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery WordPress Plugin < 1.1.0 Path Traversal via download-image.php"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-20T21:19:21.267Z","slug":"CVE-2012-20002","body":"## Overview\n\nTinyMCE 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `tinymce_thumbnail_gallery >= 0.10 < 1.1.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}