CVE-2020-12832
The simple-file-list plugin before 4.2.8 for WordPress mishandles a .. sequence within a pathname...
WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input.
- Record
CVE-2020-12832- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input.
- Record
CVE-2020-12832- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-5114 No score
WordPress Plugin Simple File List before 4.2.8 is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers delete arbitrary files because the application fails to properly verify user-supplied input.
- Record
EUVD-2020-5114- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h2cg-59q7-cp5x No score
The simple-file-list plugin before 4.2.8 for WordPress mishandles a .. sequence within a pathname...
The simple-file-list plugin before 4.2.8 for WordPress mishandles a .. sequence within a pathname in cases where front-side file management occurs on a non-Linux platform.
- Record
GHSA-h2cg-59q7-cp5x- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress Simple File List - Path Traversal |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12832 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Simplefilelist Simple-file-list, published May 13, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.07%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.