# CVE-2025-10162: OrderConvo <= 15.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

> Unauthenticated or low-privileged users can read arbitrary files on the server due to improper path validation in the OrderConvo plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwm7-3ffx-268r

## What is CVE-2025-10162?

CVE-2025-10162 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Admin and Customer Messages After Order for WooCommerce: OrderConvo, published on 7 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Admin and Customer Messages After Order for WooCommerce: OrderConvo WordPress plugin through 15.1 does not validate the path of files to be downloaded, which could allow unauthenticated users (before version 15.0) and any authenticated user such as a Subscriber (versions 15.0 to 15.1) to read arbitrary files on the server via a path traversal attack; the fix released in version 14 was incomplete and no fixed version is available.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10162?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-10162?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10162 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10162 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10162 exists.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2025-10162 Exploit (github_poc): https://github.com/diamorphine666/CVE-2025-10162-Exploit
- WordPress OrderConvo 14 - Path Traversal (exploitdb)
- WordPress OrderConvo < 14 - Path Traversal (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-10162.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10162 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10162 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Admin and Customer Messages After Order for WooCommerce: OrderConvo, published on 7 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10162 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Admin and Customer Messages After Order for WooCommerce: OrderConvo. 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-2025-10162/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10162/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10162
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10162
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10162

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10162/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.