CVE-2017-17058 — The WooCommerce plugin through 3

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 al

01What is this vulnerability?

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

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-11-29T07:29:00.317
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/17964
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196/
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/4613/
• github.com — https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/17964
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196/
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/4613/