Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2012-20002

TLP:CLEAR

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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.

Facts

  • Vendor: James Charlesworth
  • Product: TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 0.5 %
  • First known exploitation: 20 October 2026
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 20 October 2026

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD