CVE-2021-38360

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-publications/trunk/bibtexbrowser.php?rev=1830330#L49	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wp-publications_project:wp-publications:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Sep 2021, 14:51

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-22~~	CWE-829
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~8.3~~	v2 : 7.5 v3 : 9.8
References	~~(MISC) https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360 -~~	(MISC) https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(MISC) https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-publications/trunk/bibtexbrowser.php?rev=1830330#L49 -~~	(MISC) https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-publications/trunk/bibtexbrowser.php?rev=1830330#L49 - Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wp-publications_project:wp-publications:-:::::wordpress::

10 Sep 2021, 14:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-09-10 14:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09

NVD link : CVE-2021-38360

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38360

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38360

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wp-publications_project

wp-publications

CWE

CWE-829

Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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