---
title: "CVE-2016-20101: Issuu Panel WordPress - File Inclusion"
description: "Issuu Panel plugin for WordPress < 1.6.6 contains a file inclusion vulnerability caused by improper sanitization of the 'abspath' parameter in menu/documento/requests/ajax-docs.php, letting unauthenticated attackers include remote or local files."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2016-20101/
---

# CVE-2016-20101 Issuu Panel WordPress - File Inclusion

Issuu Panel plugin for WordPress < 1.6.6 contains a file inclusion vulnerability caused by improper sanitization of the 'abspath' parameter in menu/documento/requests/ajax-docs.php, letting unauthenticated attackers include remote or local files.

CVSS base score 8.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Exploited in the wild

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20101)

## Details

Type

File Inclusion

Impact

Remote Code Execution, File System Read, File System Write

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

20 October 2026

Updated

21 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-98](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/98.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.6.6 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20101](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20101)
- [https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20101](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20101)
- [https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2016030131](https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2016030131)
- [https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/issuu-panel-lfi.yaml](https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/issuu-panel-lfi.yaml)
- [https://packetstorm.news/files/id/136398/](https://packetstorm.news/files/id/136398/)
- [https://wordpress.org/plugins/issuu-panel/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/issuu-panel/)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/issuu-panel-wordpress-plugin-1.6.6-file-inclusion-via-ajax-docs-php](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/issuu-panel-wordpress-plugin-1.6.6-file-inclusion-via-ajax-docs-php)

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