# CVE-2023-4216: Orders Tracking for WooCommerce < 1.2.6 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Access/Read

> High-privilege users can read arbitrary files on the server via path traversal in the CSV import feature.

- **Severity:** Low 2.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-86mp-73cw-r9x3

## What is CVE-2023-4216?

CVE-2023-4216 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Orders Tracking for WooCommerce, published on 4 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Orders Tracking for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.2.6 doesn't validate the file_url parameter when importing a CSV file, allowing high privilege users with the manage_woocommerce capability to access any file on the web server via a Traversal attack. The content retrieved is however limited to the first line of the file.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4216?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Villatheme Orders Tracking for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4216?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4216 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-4216 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Orders Tracking for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2021-25062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25062/): Orders Tracking for WooCommerce < 1.1.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4216 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Orders Tracking for WooCommerce, published on 4 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-4216 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Orders Tracking 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-2023-4216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4216/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4216

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4216/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.