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.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 3
- StatusPublished → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-22 17:40
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 20:31
- First seenCVSS 8.7NVD modified 2026-10-20 21:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- 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