Path Traversal in Automattic Woocommerce
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 directory. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that Directory Traversal is not possible because all of the template files have "if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {exit;}" code
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.237 (97.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.237 · newest: 0.237 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/4613/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/17964 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-17058?
- CVE-2017-17058 is a high-severity vulnerability in Automattic Woocommerce, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-11-29.
- How severe is CVE-2017-17058?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-17058 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.