# CVE-2025-1973: Path traversal in Export and Import Users and Customers

> Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary log files on the server via a path traversal vulnerability in the Export and Import Users and Customers 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:** 22 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-29mm-6j7g-rc29

## What is CVE-2025-1973?

CVE-2025-1973 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in webtoffee Export and Import Users and Customers, published on 22 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Export and Import Users and Customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2 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-2025-1973?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Webtoffee Import Export Wordpress Users.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1973?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1973 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in webtoffee Export and Import Users and Customers

- [CVE-2020-12074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12074/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-1970](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1970/): Server-side request forgery in Export and Import Users and Customers (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2019-15092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15092/): Other in n/a (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2025-1971](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1971/): Export and Import Users and Customers <= 2.6.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) PHP Object Injection via form_data Parameter (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-6558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6558/): Export and Import Users and Customers <= 2.4.8 - Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1973 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1973 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in webtoffee Export and Import Users and Customers, published on 22 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1973 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: webtoffee Export and Import Users and Customers. 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-2025-1973/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1973/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1973
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1973
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1973

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1973/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.