CVE-2021-38360 (GCVE-0-2021-38360)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-10 13:35
Modified
2025-03-31 18:22
Severity ?
8.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-publications/trunk/bibtexbrowser.php?rev=1830330#L49Third Party Advisory
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-publications/trunk/bibtexbrowser.php?rev=1830330#L49Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360Third Party Advisory
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