CVE-2012-20002
El plugin TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery para WordPress anterior a la versión 1.1.0 contiene una vulnerabilidad de path traversal que permite a atacantes sin autenticar leer archivos arbitrarios mediante el parámetro href. Los atacantes pueden enviar peticiones GET a /php/download-image.php con secuencias de recorrido como ../../../../wp-config.php para obtener credenciales de la base de datos y archivos del sistema. La explotación fue observada por primera vez por la Shadowserver Foundation el 2023-10-19.
Traducción automática del texto original de NVD (en inglés).
CVSS
- Puntuación base
- 8.7
- Versión
- 4.0
- Vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
FIRST aún no ha puntuado esta CVE (habitual en CVEs muy recientes o rechazadas).
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 % - Impacto principal
T1005Data from Local Systemcollection90 % - Impacto secundario
T1552.001Credentials In Filescredential access70 %
Vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N y path traversal en download-image.php sin autenticación permite leer ficheros; el texto cita wp-config.php y credenciales de base de datos.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-22
Referencias
Mostrar las 6 referencias
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yaml
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image-php
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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