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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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