CVE-2026-9725

Printcart Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce <= 2.5.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion

2026-07-02 15:52
tjoffe

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.5.3
Affected Plugin
Printcart Store – Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce
Affected Version
<= 2.5.2
CVSS
9.1Critical
Weakness type
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE
CVE-2026-9725
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At a glance

CVE-2026-9725 is a critical-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the Printcart Store WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.5.2. It carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.5.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2026, reported by tjoffe.

Vulnerability Overview

The Printcart Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.5.2 This is due to insufficient path validation in the store_design_data() function, which constructs a filesystem path from the user-supplied 'nbd_item_key' POST parameter sanitized only with sanitize_text_field() — which does not strip path traversal sequences — and then passes that path directly to Nbdesigner_IO::delete_folder() and PHP's rename(). The nonce protecting the nbd_save_customer_design AJAX action is freely obtainable by unauthenticated users via the nbd_check_use_logged_in endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

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, availability.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Printcart Store <= 2.5.2 carries this weakness at nbd_item_key, and reaching it 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 Printcart Store the fix is 2.5.3: builds <= 2.5.2 are affected, anything from 2.5.3 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.5.3, 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: Printcart Store 2.5.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9725https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5bb962bd-9b23-4820-885e-d8095250c3c7https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9725

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