Product Import Export for WooCommerce <= 2.5.0 — Directory Traversal to Authenticated (Administrator+) Limited Arbitrary File Read via download_file Function
CVE-2025-1769Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.5.0Update to 2.5.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.9
- CVSS
- 4.9CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Product Import Export for WooCommerce – CSV Product Importer & Exporter product-import-export-for-woo
- Affected≤ 2.5.0
- Patched in2.5.1
Update to 2.5.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.5.0. Version 2.5.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Product Import Export for WooCommerce – CSV Product Importer & Exporter.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.5.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Product Import Export for WooCommerce – CSV Product Importer & Exporter to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to HayMiz.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.9
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.