# CVE-2017-17058: The WooCommerce plugin through 3.x for WordPress has a Directory Traversal Vulnerability via a /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/ema

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-11-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/4613/
- https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/17964
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196
- https://github.com/fu2x2000/CVE-2017-17058-woo_exploit

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