Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2016-20100

TLP:CLEAR

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

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.

Facts

  • Vendor: memphis_documents_library_project
  • Product: memphis_documents_library
  • 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