Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| James Charlesworth / TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery | affected 0.10 before 1.1.0 |
CWE
CWE-22
References
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yaml
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image-php