Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce (Pro) <= 3.6.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2024-35658
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published June 3, 2024
Last Updated June 11, 2024
Researcher Dave Jong
Description

The Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce (Pro) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a file or it's path prior to deleting it. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woocommerce-checkout-field-editor-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.6.2
Patched Version
  • 3.6.3
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