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CVE-2021-38360: wp-publications <= 0.0 Local File Include

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected products

• wp-publications: all versions

References

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

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