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CVE-2016-20081

HIGH Exploitation: PoC
7.5
CVSS 3.1
Description
WordPress Plugin HB Audio Gallery Lite 1.0.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to download arbitrary files by manipulating the file_path parameter. Attackers can send requests to the audio-download.php endpoint with directory traversal sequences to access sensitive files like wp-config.php outside the intended gallery directory.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2016-20081
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Reserved
2026-06-15 11:50 UTC
Published
2026-06-15 12:00 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-15 15:59 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory …
Vendor / Product
Husain / HB Audio Gallery Lite
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
yes
Tech. Impact
partial
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Husain HB Audio Gallery Lite — 1.0.0
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-22 cna Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.7 HIGH 4.0 cna 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 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References (3)
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