Counter live visitors for WooCommerce <= 1.3.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion in wcvisitor_get_block
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.3.7
- Affected Plugin
- Counter live visitors for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 1.3.6- CVSS
- 8.2High
- Weakness type
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CVE
CVE-2025-7359
At a glance
CVE-2025-7359 is a high-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Counter live visitors for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3.6. It carries a CVSS score of 8.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2025, reported by mikemyers.
Vulnerability Overview
The Counter live visitors for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the wcvisitor_get_block function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server. NOTE: This particular vulnerability deletes all the files in a targeted arbitrary directory rather than a specified arbitrary file, which can lead to loss of data or a denial of service condition.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Reaching this weakness in Counter live visitors for WooCommerce <= 1.3.6 takes no account at all. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.
Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For Counter live visitors for WooCommerce the fix is 1.3.7: builds <= 1.3.6 are affected, anything from 1.3.7 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.3.7, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Counter live visitors for WooCommerce 1.3.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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