CVE-2024-43271 WordPress Widgets for WooCommerce Products on Elementor plugin <= 2.0.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Woo Products Widgets for Elementor plugin to perform local file inclusion, potentially reading sensitive files or executing code.
- 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-2024-43271?
CVE-2024-43271 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Themelocation Woo Products Widgets For Elementor, published on 19 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Themelocation Woo Products Widgets For Elementor allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Woo Products Widgets For Elementor: from n/a through 2.0.0.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43271?
How do I fix CVE-2024-43271?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43271 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-2024-43271 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43271 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gx44-2gg6-xj9m.