# CVE-2025-1661: HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce <= 1.3.6.5 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the HUSKY WooCommerce plugin to execute arbitrary PHP code or read sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fhhw-63w7-9jg7

## What is CVE-2025-1661?

CVE-2025-1661 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in realmag777 HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce, published on 11 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.6.5 via the 'template' parameter of the woof_text_search AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1661?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pluginus Husky - Products Filter Professional for Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1661?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1661 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1661 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-1661 exists.

Public exploit code:

- HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce < 1.3.6.6 - Local File Inclusion PoC (github_poc): https://github.com/gbrsh/CVE-2025-1661
- HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion (LFI) (github_poc): https://github.com/MuhammadWaseem29/CVE-2025-1661
- HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion (LFI) (github_poc): https://github.com/shahwarshah/CVE-2025-1661
- HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce <= 1.3.6.5 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-1661.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in realmag777 HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2024-6457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6457/): HUSKY - Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce <= 1.3.6 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-40010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40010/): WordPress HUSKY – Products Filter for WooCommerce (formerly WOOF) Plugin <= 1.3.4.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-43121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43121/): WordPress HUSKY plugin <= 1.3.6.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-32680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32680/): WordPress HUSKY plugin <= 1.3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-1795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1795/): HUSKY – Products Filter for WooCommerce Professional <= 1.3.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1661 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1661 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in realmag777 HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce, published on 11 Mar 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-2025-1661 exists.

Affected product: realmag777 HUSKY – Products Filter Professional 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-2025-1661/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1661/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1661
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1661
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1661

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1661/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.