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Memphis Documents Library WordPress Plugin < 3.1.6 Path Traversal via mdocs-img-preview

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

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CVE-2016-20100

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2016-20100

Memphis Documents Library

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "Ian Howatson",
    "product": "Memphis Documents Library",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.2.1",
        "lessThan": "3.1.6",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2016-20100

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#52555 · Revision 1
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