# CVE-2025-24611: WordPress Export All Posts, Products, Orders, Refunds & Users Plugin <= 2.9 - Arbitrary File Read vulnerability

> An attacker can read arbitrary files from the server via path traversal in the WP Ultimate Exporter WordPress 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:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wh29-96gw-42p6

## What is CVE-2025-24611?

CVE-2025-24611 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Smackcoders Inc., WP Ultimate Exporter, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Smackcoders Inc., WP Ultimate Exporter wp-ultimate-exporter allows Absolute Path Traversal.This issue affects WP Ultimate Exporter: from n/a through <= 2.9.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24611?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-24611?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24611 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-24611 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-24611 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-24611 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Smackcoders Inc., WP Ultimate Exporter, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24611 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Smackcoders Inc., WP Ultimate Exporter. 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-2025-24611/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24611/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24611
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24611
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24611

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24611/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.