{"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":"CVE-2025-48267: Exploiting Path Traversal Vulnerability in ThimPress WP Pipes<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/a> or leak data, which could have devastating consequences for any business, including reputation damage, financial loss, and potential legal implications.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-48267
\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.6)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: None
\nUser Interaction: None
\nImpact: System Compromise and Data<\/a> Leakage<\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

ThimPress WP Pipes | up to and including 1.4.2<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Path Traversal vulnerability in ThimPress WP<\/a> Pipes allows an attacker to access sensitive data by manipulating file and directory paths. By injecting malicious input into the 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 vulnerability can be exploited remotely<\/a> and does not require any form of authentication or user interaction.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s an example of how this vulnerability might be exploited using a HTTP request:<\/a><\/p>\n

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
In the above example, the attacker is attempting to retrieve the contents of the “\/etc\/passwd” file, which is a common target for such attacks as it can contain sensitive user information<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Mitigation Measures<\/strong><\/p>\n
Users of ThimPress WP Pipes are advised to apply the vendor 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’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 vulnerabilities as they directly address<\/a> and rectify the underlying issue in the software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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