CVE-2024-12861 Path traversal in W2S – Migrate WooCommerce to Shopify
Authenticated subscribers can read arbitrary server files via an AJAX action, potentially exposing sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12861?
CVE-2024-12861 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in villatheme W2S – Migrate WooCommerce to Shopify, published on 30 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The W2S – Migrate WooCommerce to Shopify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 via the 'viw2s_view_log' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12861?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Villatheme W2s.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12861?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12861 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-12861 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12861 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fgc5-6vqg-25q8.