Name: CVE-2012-4920: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2014-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2012-4920, CWE-22, CVSS 5, EPSS 0.01273

Directory traversal vulnerability in the zing_forum_output function in forum.php in the Zingiri Forum (aka Forums) plugin before 1.4.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter to index.php.

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Zingiri Forum Plugin	—	Update zingiri-forum plugin to version 1.4.4, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jan 9, 2013

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