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CVE-2012-3588

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-06-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

• WordPress Plugin Newsletter Plugin: 1.5

References

• 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

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