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CVE-2025-48124: Path Traversal Vulnerability in Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light

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Overview

This report provides an in-depth analysis of CVE-2025-48124, a serious Path Traversal vulnerability identified in Holest Engineering’s Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light. This vulnerability could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage, critically affecting businesses that rely on these tools for their e-commerce activities.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-48124
Severity: High (7.5)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise and data leakage

Affected Products

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Product | Affected Versions

Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce | n/a through 2.4.37
WP E-commerce – Light | n/a through 2.4.37

How the Exploit Works

The vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate file or directory paths to gain unauthorized access to restricted areas of the system. This is accomplished through the misuse of the application’s failure to properly validate or sanitize user input, allowing the attacker to point to any arbitrary directory or file on the system.

Conceptual Example Code

Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. The attacker could input a path traversal string such as “../../../etc/passwd” to gain access to sensitive system files.

GET /file?filename=../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com

Mitigation Guidance

To mitigate this vulnerability, users are advised to apply the vendor-supplied patch as soon as possible. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation.

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Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

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