CVE-2017-17058
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 23.67% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 28 November 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- automattic/woocommerce
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 22.2% on 21 September 2026 to 23.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/17964Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/4613/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/issues/17964Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43196/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/4613/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.