The Media Upload form in the Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator plugin before 2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain the instal…

published 2012-03-19 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1796

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.2%; EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Media Upload form in the Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator plugin before 2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via unknown vectors.

Patch / fix

links 1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fvideo-embed-thumbnail-generator&old=… patch

Exploit prediction

2.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2012-1786
NVD CVE-2012-1786

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Summary