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GHSA-M98H-48V7-G4F9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:14 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:14

Details

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.

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  "aliases": [
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  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2021-09-10T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-m98h-48v7-g4f9",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:14:09Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:14:09Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38360"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360"
    }
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CVE-2021-38360 (GCVE-0-2021-38360)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-10 13:35 – Updated: 2025-03-31 18:22

Title

wp-publications <= 0.0 Local File Include

Summary

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')

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-pub…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wp-publications	wp-publications	Affected: 0.0 , ≤ 0.0 (custom)

Credits

p7e4

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-M98H-48V7-G4F9

CVE-2021-38360 (GCVE-0-2021-38360)

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