CVE-2023-39525: PrestaShop vulnerable to path traversal

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

PrestaShop is an open source e-commerce web application. Prior to version 8.1.1, in the back office, files can be compromised using path traversal by replaying the import file deletion query with a specified file path that uses the traversal path. Version 8.1.1 contains a patch for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products

PrestaShop: before 8.1.1 — fixed in 8.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PrestaShop 8.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/c7c9a5110421bb2856f4d312ecce192d079b5ec7
https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-m9r4-3fg7-pqm2
https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/commit/c7c9a5110421bb2856f4d312ecce192d079b5ec7
https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/security/advisories/GHSA-m9r4-3fg7-pqm2

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