CVE-2016-20100
Memphis Documents Library plugin for WordPress before 3.1.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability…
- Risk score
- 57/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.4%
- Published
- 20 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- 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-co…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 3.1.6 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-memphis-documents-library-lfi.yaml
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/136374/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/memphis-documents-library/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53999c06-05ca-44f1-b713-1e4d6b4a3f9f
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39593
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/memphis-documents-library-wordpress-plugin-3.1.6-path-traversal-via-mdocs-img-preview
Original 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.
Last activity 20 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.