Booster (<= 5.6.6) and Booster Plus (<= 5.6.4) for WooCommerce - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Information Exposure via Arbitrary File Download

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2022-3762
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published October 27, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher WPScanTeam
Description

The Booster for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file downloads due to missing sanitization and filename validation of a user-supplied parameter in versions up to, and including, 5.6.6 (5.6.4 for Booster Plus). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Shop Manager-level permissions and above, to download arbitrary files on the affected sites server.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug booster-plus-for-woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.6.4
Patched Version
  • 5.6.5
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woocommerce-jetpack (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.6.6
Patched Version
  • 5.6.7
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