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CVE-2025-1769: Product Import Export for WooCommerce <= 2.5.0 - Directory Traversal to Authenticated (Administrator+) Limited Arbitrary File Read via download_file Function

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Product Import Export for WooCommerce – Import Export Product CSV Suite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 via the download_file() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary log files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affected products

• webtoffee Product Import Export for WooCommerce – Import Export Product CSV Suite: before 2.5.1 — fixed in 2.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: webtoffee Product Import Export for WooCommerce – Import Export Product CSV Suite 2.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/product-import-export-for-woo/trunk/admin/modules/history/history.php#L753
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3261194/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-import-export-for-woo/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4df60fbe-4475-4cbf-b497-a9c5251bc91f?source=cve

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