WooCommerce Designer Pro Theme Plugin up to 1.9.28 on WordPress wp-config.php path traversal

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in WooCommerce Designer Pro Theme Plugin up to 1.9.28 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the file wp-config.php. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-10897. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in WooCommerce Designer Pro Theme Plugin up to 1.9.28 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the file wp-config.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The WooCommerce Designer Pro theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.28. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server, which can expose DB credentials when the wp-config.php file is read.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-10897. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/31/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:wp-config.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-37310). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• E-Commerce Management Software

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• WooCommerce Designer Pro Theme Plugin

Version

• 1.9.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.9.2
• 1.9.3
• 1.9.4
• 1.9.5
• 1.9.6
• 1.9.7
• 1.9.8
• 1.9.9
• 1.9.10
• 1.9.11
• 1.9.12
• 1.9.13
• 1.9.14
• 1.9.15
• 1.9.16
• 1.9.17
• 1.9.18
• 1.9.19
• 1.9.20
• 1.9.21
• 1.9.22
• 1.9.23
• 1.9.24
• 1.9.25
• 1.9.26
• 1.9.27
• 1.9.28

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