{"id":52513,"date":"2025-06-16T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:13:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-18T23:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:01:52","slug":"cve-2025-48267-exploiting-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-thimpress-wp-pipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48267-exploiting-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-thimpress-wp-pipes\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-48267: Exploiting Path Traversal Vulnerability in ThimPress WP Pipes<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post delves into the CVE-2025-48267 vulnerability, a Path Traversal vulnerability found in ThimPress WP Pipes, a WordPress plugin. This vulnerability affects all ThimPress WP Pipes versions up to and including 1.4.2. It is a significant issue as it provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21469-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59034\">potential attackers with a mechanism to compromise systems<\/a> or leak data, which could have devastating consequences for any business, including reputation damage, financial loss, and potential legal implications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-48267<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.6)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21462-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59092\">System Compromise and Data<\/a> Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2708650153\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>ThimPress WP Pipes | up to and including 1.4.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Path Traversal vulnerability in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4578-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-file-provider-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58822\">ThimPress WP<\/a> Pipes allows an attacker to access sensitive data by manipulating file and directory paths. By injecting malicious input into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3054-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-wp-user-frontend-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59237\">file path parameters used by the plugin<\/a>, an attacker can traverse outside of the intended directory and gain access to restricted directories or files. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5600-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-ex1200t-opens-gateway-to-remote-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59071\">vulnerability can be exploited remotely<\/a> and does not require any form of authentication or user interaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2067245961\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5671-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-n302r-plus-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59760\">vulnerability might be exploited using a HTTP request:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-pipes\/pipes-api.php?task=..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nUser-Agent: Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/86.0.4240.198 Safari\/537.36\nAccept: *\/*\nReferer: http:\/\/target.example.com\/\nAccept-Encoding: gzip, deflate\nAccept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9\nConnection: close<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the attacker is attempting to retrieve the contents of the &#8220;\/etc\/passwd&#8221; file, which is a common target for such attacks as it can contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5893-unauthenticated-access-and-exposure-of-sensitive-information-in-smart-parking-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59759\">sensitive user information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of ThimPress WP Pipes are advised to apply the vendor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49002-critical-vulnerability-in-dataease-bypassing-patch-for-cve-2025-32966\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59035\">patch immediately to mitigate this vulnerability<\/a>. If a patch cannot be applied immediately, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation. It&#8217;s important to note that these are temporary measures and should not replace the need to apply vendor patches. Patches are the most effective way to remediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-49842-critical-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-protected-vm-address-space\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59036\">vulnerabilities as they directly address<\/a> and rectify the underlying issue in the software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post delves into the CVE-2025-48267 vulnerability, a Path Traversal vulnerability found in ThimPress WP Pipes, a WordPress plugin. This vulnerability affects all ThimPress WP Pipes versions up to and including 1.4.2. It is a significant issue as it provides potential attackers with a mechanism to compromise systems or leak data, which could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[77,91,82],"product":[],"attack_vector":[85],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-52513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-apple","vendor-google","vendor-microsoft","attack_vector-directory-traversal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52513"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53440,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52513\/revisions\/53440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52513"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=52513"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=52513"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=52513"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=52513"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=52513"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=52513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}