The WooCommerce plugin through 3.x for WordPress has a Directory Traversal Vulnerability…
Priority HIGH 72CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.23667 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 3.2.6 | Vulnerable | Automattic |
- cpe:2.3:a:automattic:woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.2.6 Vulnerable ·Automattic
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-17058
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fj5-x5p7-cpqv
References
More Automattic Woocommerce vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-25887 WordPress WooCommerce and WooCommerce Blocks plugins - Auth. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-01220 WooCommerce < 8.6 - Contributor+ Private/Draft Products Access CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
Sources
- CVE-2017-17058 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-17058 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8fj5-x5p7-cpqv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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