# CVE-2024-44048: Path traversal in Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a local file inclusion vulnerability in the WooCommerce carousel plugin to read arbitrary files.

- **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:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 12 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wf3h-626c-mmqc

## What is CVE-2024-44048?

CVE-2024-44048 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in wpWax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce, published on 23 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in wpWax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce woo-product-carousel-slider-and-grid-ultimate.This issue affects Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.9.10.

Weakness: CWE-98 (Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44048?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-44048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-44048 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-44048 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44048 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in wpWax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate for WooCommerce, published on 23 Sep 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-2024-44048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpWax Product Carousel Slider & Grid Ultimate 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-2024-44048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44048/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44048
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44048
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44048

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44048/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.