Vulnerability in James Charlesworth TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery

[ Description ]Official description

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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/w…
• packetstorm.news/files/id/113417
• wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery
• wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400
• www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-trav…