CVE-2021-38360

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-38360
  • Assigner
  • security@wordfence.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-09-10T14:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-09-21T14:51:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-829 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/829.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wp-publications_project:wp-publications:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38360 Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-publications/trunk/bibtexbrowser.php?rev=1830330#L49 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38360
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38360
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:54:24 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 10:22:39 2021-09-10T14:15Z 2021-09-10T14:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 10:22:39 2021-09-21T14:51:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 10:22:39 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated