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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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Memphis Documents Library WordPress Plugin < 3.1.6 Path Traversal via mdocs-img-preview | |
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Memphis Documents Library Project
Memphis Documents Library Project memphis Documents Library |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:memphis_documents_library_project:memphis_documents_library:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | |
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Memphis Documents Library Project
Memphis Documents Library Project memphis Documents Library |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-20T20:31:26.870Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T20:25:24.894Z
Link: CVE-2016-20100
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T21:17:13.520
Modified: 2026-10-20T21:17:13.520
Link: CVE-2016-20100
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Updated: 2026-10-20T21:30:17Z
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