What is CVE-2024-12861?

CVE-2024-12861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Villatheme W2s, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-12861?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12861 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Villatheme W2s

CVE-2024-12861

The W2S – Migrate WooCommerce to Shopify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the 'viw2s_view_log' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Villatheme W2s
Villatheme W2s – Migrate Woocommerce To Shopify — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12861?: CVE-2024-12861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Villatheme W2s, classified under External Control of File Name or Path. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-12861?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12861 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.