# CVE-2024-10857: Product Input Fields for WooCommerce <= 1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Read

> Authenticated contributors can read arbitrary server files via directory traversal in the Product Input Fields for WooCommerce plugin.

- **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:** 26 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3gg9-g25v-rjf5

## What is CVE-2024-10857?

CVE-2024-10857 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in tychesoftwares Product Input Fields for WooCommerce, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Product Input Fields for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.9 via the handle_downloads() function due to insufficient file path validation/sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-35 (Path Traversal: '.../...//')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10857?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tychesoftwares Product Input Fields for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10857?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10857 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10857 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10857 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in tychesoftwares Product Input Fields for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2024-13359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13359/): Product Input Fields for WooCommerce <= 1.12.0 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-36696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36696/): Product Input Fields for WooCommerce <= 1.2.6 - Missing Authorization (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10857 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10857 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in tychesoftwares Product Input Fields for WooCommerce, published on 26 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10857 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: tychesoftwares Product Input Fields 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-2024-10857/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10857/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10857
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10857
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10857

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10857/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.