Export and Import Users and Customers <= 2.6.2 - Directory Traversal to Authenticated (Administrator+) Limited Arbitrary File Read via download_file Function
Strategic Overview
<= 2.6.2CVE-2025-1973Vulnerability Overview
The Export and Import Users and Customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2 via the download_file() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary log files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.6.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')) The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
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