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CVE-2012-6652

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-05-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in pageflipbook.php script from index.php in Page Flip Book plugin for WordPress (wppageflip) allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the pageflipbook_language parameter.

Affected products

• Page Flip Book Project Page Flip Book: all versions

References

• http://ceriksen.com/2012/07/10/wordpress-a-page-flip-book-plugin-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability/
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pageflipbook-pageflipbook_language-parameter-local-file-inclusion/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/30/2
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/31/8
• http://ceriksen.com/2012/07/10/wordpress-a-page-flip-book-plugin-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability/
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pageflipbook-pageflipbook_language-parameter-local-file-inclusion/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/30/2
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/31/8

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