CVE-2017-17058: automattic woocommerce Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17058 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in automattic woocommerce. EPSS estimates a 23.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 29-11-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The WooCommerce plugin through 3.x for WordPress has a Directory Traversal Vulnerability via a /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/emails/plain/ URI, which accesses a parent directory. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that Directory Traversal is not possible because all of the template files have "if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {exit;}" code

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.