CVE-2025-9215 Path traversal in StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More
Authenticated attackers can read arbitrary server files via path traversal in the StoreEngine WordPress plugin, exposing sensitive information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9215?
CVE-2025-9215 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in kodezen StoreEngine — Complete eCommerce Solution with Memberships, Licensing, Affiliates & More, published on 17 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The StoreEngine – Powerful WordPress eCommerce Plugin for Payments, Memberships, Affiliates, Sales & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0 via the file_download() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9215?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9215?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-9215 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9215 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jv3w-4h8m-v487.