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High severity · published Nov 29, 2017
CVE-2017-17058
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…
7.5
CVSS
23.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
Woocommerce · Automattic
through 3.2.6 · source: NVD
Affected product
WO
Woocommerce
Automattic
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17058
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17058
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/17964
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/4613/
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