CVE-2022-3762: booster booster_for_woocommerce Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3762 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in booster booster_for_woocommerce. EPSS estimates a 0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 1.1.7, 5.6.5 and 5.6.7.

Timeline

1. 21-11-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 30-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Booster for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.7, Booster Plus for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.5, Booster Elite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 do not validate files to download in some of its modules, which could allow ShopManager and Admin to download arbitrary files from the server even when they are not supposed to be able to (for example in multisite)

• 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.