# CVE-2024-13920: Path traversal in Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce

> Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary log files on the server via directory traversal in the Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-749v-xf6w-5wcx

## What is CVE-2024-13920?

CVE-2024-13920 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in webtoffee Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.0 via the download_file() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary log files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13920?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Webtoffee Order Export \& Order Import for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13920?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13920 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13920 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13920 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in webtoffee Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2024-22135](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22135/): WordPress Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce Plugin <= 2.4.3 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2024-13923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13923/): Server-side request forgery in Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-13921](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13921/): Deserialization in Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-13922](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13922/): Path traversal in Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce (low 2.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13920 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13920 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in webtoffee Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13920 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: webtoffee Order Export & Order Import 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-2024-13920/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13920/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13920
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13920
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13920

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13920/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.