Path traversal in kodezen StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0 via the file_download() function. 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kodezen | StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More | up to 1.5.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More Vendorkodezen Affected up to 1.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9215
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jv3w-4h8m-v487
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07b1dc05-1340-4ea3-9315-3e1ca4a0cb7f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/storeengine/trunk/addons/csv/ajax/export.php#L47
- https://github.com/d0n601/CVE-2025-9215
- https://ryankozak.com/posts/cve-2025-9215/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3360097/storeengine/trunk/addons/csv/ajax/export.php
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Sources
- CVE-2025-9215 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9215 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jv3w-4h8m-v487 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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