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    2 vulnerabilities by Ian Howatson

    CVE-2016-20100 (GCVE-0-2016-20100)

    Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-10-20 20:31 – Updated: 2026-10-23 02:10 X_Known Exploited Vulnerability Unsupported When Assigned
    VLAI Previdian
    Title
    Memphis Documents Library WordPress Plugin < 3.1.6 Path Traversal via mdocs-img-preview
    Summary
    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.
    Severity
    8.7 (High)
    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
    7.5 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-10-23 02:09 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    Assigner
    VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
    CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6753 records in the last 180 days details
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Ian Howatson Memphis Documents Library Affected: 2.2.1 , < 3.1.6 (custom)
        cpe:2.3:a:memphis_documents_library_project:memphis_documents_library:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2016-03-22 00:00
    Credits
    Felipe Molina The Shadowserver Foundation
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2016-20100 (GCVE-0-2016-20100)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-20 20:31 – Updated: 2026-10-23 02:10 X_Known Exploited Vulnerability Unsupported When Assigned
    VLAI Previdian
    Title
    Memphis Documents Library WordPress Plugin < 3.1.6 Path Traversal via mdocs-img-preview
    Summary
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    Severity
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    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
    7.5 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    SSVC
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    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-10-23 02:09 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    Assigner
    VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
    CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6753 records in the last 180 days details
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    Ian Howatson Memphis Documents Library Affected: 2.2.1 , < 3.1.6 (custom)
        cpe:2.3:a:memphis_documents_library_project:memphis_documents_library:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Date Public
    2016-03-22 00:00
    Credits
    Felipe Molina The Shadowserver Foundation
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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