WooCommerce <= 3.4.5 - WooCommerce File Deletion

7.2
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2018-20714
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published November 6, 2018
Last Updated January 30, 2023
Researchers Simon Scannell
Karim El Ouerghemmi
Slavco Mihajloski

Description

The logging system of the Automattic WooCommerce plugin before 3.4.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to a File Deletion vulnerability. This allows deletion of woocommerce.php, which leads to certain privilege checks not being in place, and therefore a shop manager can escalate privileges to admin.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.4.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.4.6
Patched Version
  • 3.4.6

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