# CVE-2025-30999: WordPress External Store for Shopify plugin <= 1.5.9 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability

> An attacker can exploit a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in the External Store for Shopify plugin to read arbitrary files or execute code.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 6 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-72x3-8f3c-phjv

## What is CVE-2025-30999?

CVE-2025-30999 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood External Store for Shopify, published on 6 Jun 2025. 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 Fahad Mahmood External Store for Shopify wp-shopify allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects External Store for Shopify: from n/a through <= 1.5.9.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30999?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-30999?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30999 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-30999 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30999 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-30999 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-30999 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood External Store for Shopify, published on 6 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30999 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fahad Mahmood External Store for Shopify. 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-2025-30999/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30999/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30999
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30999
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30999

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30999/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.