Search with Typesense <= 2.0.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Path Traversal

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2025-26876
CVSS Low (2.7)
Publicly Published February 22, 2025
Last Updated March 3, 2025
Researcher astra.r3verii
Description

The Search with Typesense plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to perform actions on files outside of the originally intended directory.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug search-with-typesense (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.8
Patched Version
  • 2.0.9
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