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CVE-2025-48317: Path Traversal Vulnerability in WooCommerce Payment Gateway for Saferpay

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Overview

The CVE-2025-48317 identifies a critical path traversal vulnerability in the WooCommerce Payment Gateway for Saferpay, developed by Stefan Keller. This vulnerability presents a significant risk to any e-commerce platform using this payment gateway, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. The affected versions are from n/a through 0.4.9.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-48317
Severity: High (CVSS: 7.5)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage

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Product | Affected Versions

WooCommerce Payment Gateway for Saferpay | n/a through 0.4.9

How the Exploit Works

The exploit works by manipulating file paths in request parameters to traverse to arbitrary directories. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the server, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data or compromising the server.

Conceptual Example Code

Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this example, the attacker attempts to access a sensitive file outside of the intended directory:

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

Mitigation

The developer has issued a patch to address this vulnerability, and all users are strongly advised to update to the latest version. In cases where immediate patching is not possible, the use of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can help to mitigate the risk temporarily.

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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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