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CVE-2016-20100 Details

ANALYZED

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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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-memphis-documents-library-lfi.yaml	[email protected]
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/136374/	[email protected]	Exploit
https://wordpress.org/plugins/memphis-documents-library/	[email protected]	Not ApplicableVendor
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53999c06-05ca-44f1-b713-1e4d6b4a3f9f	[email protected]	AdvisoryExploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39593	[email protected]	Exploit
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/memphis-documents-library-wordpress-plugin-3.1.6-path-traversal-via-mdocs-img-preview	[email protected]	AdvisoryBundle

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Memphis Documents Library	>= 2.2.1, < 3.1.6 (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:memphis_documents_library_project:memphis_documents_library::::::wordpress::* Remediation Upgrade: 3.1.6moderate effort

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Oct 23, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 20, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]