Vulnerabilites related to wp-publications - wp-publications
CVE-2021-38360 (GCVE-0-2021-38360)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-10 13:35
Modified
2025-03-31 18:22
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
The wp-publications WordPress plugin is vulnerable to restrictive local file inclusion via the Q_FILE parameter found in the ~/bibtexbrowser.php file which allows attackers to include local zip files and achieve remote code execution, in versions up to and including 0.0.
References
▼ | URL | Tags |
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https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360 | x_refsource_MISC | |
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-publications/trunk/bibtexbrowser.php?rev=1830330#L49 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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wp-publications | wp-publications |
Version: 0.0 < |
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