Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3588

Title: Wordpress Wordpress Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-3588

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jun 19, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

10.70%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3588: Directory traversal vulnerability in preview.php in the Plugin Newsletter plugin 1.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the data parameter.

Impacted Vendors

wordpress 2

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/49464 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19018 http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-plugin-newsletter-remote-file-disclosure-vulnerability.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76171 http://secunia.com/advisories/49464 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19018 http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-plugin-newsletter-remote-file-disclosure-vulnerability.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76171

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3588 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19018

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 19, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.