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.
Published: 2026-10-20
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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
First Time appeared Memphis Documents Library Project
Memphis Documents Library Project memphis Documents Library
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:memphis_documents_library_project:memphis_documents_library:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Memphis Documents Library Project
Memphis Documents Library Project memphis Documents Library
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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'}

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Memphis Documents Library Project Memphis Documents Library
cve-icon MITRE

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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Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')