# CVE-2022-3762: Booster for WooCommerce - ShopManager+ Arbitrary File Download

> ShopManager and Admin users can download arbitrary files from the server due to lack of validation in Booster for WooCommerce plugins.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-65wp-vh9q-f2vh

## What is CVE-2022-3762?

CVE-2022-3762 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Booster Elite for WooCommerce, published on 21 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Booster for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.7, Booster Plus for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.6.5, Booster Elite for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.1.7 do not validate files to download in some of its modules, which could allow ShopManager and Admin to download arbitrary files from the server even when they are not supposed to be able to (for example in multisite)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3762?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Booster Booster for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3762?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3762 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3762 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3762 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Booster Elite for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2021-34646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34646/): Booster for WooCommerce <= 5.4.3 Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1986](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1986/): Elite Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-13342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13342/): Booster for WooCommerce <= 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Double Extension Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-13744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13744/): Booster for WooCommerce 4.0.1 - 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-3763](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3763/): Booster for WooCommerce - Checkout Files Deletion via CSRF (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3762 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3762 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Booster Elite for WooCommerce, published on 21 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3762 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Booster Elite for WooCommerce. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3762/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3762
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3762
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3762

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3762/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.