CVE-2025-10268
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Printcart Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce WordPress plugin through 2.4.8 is vulnerable to path traversal which makes it possible for the attacker to retrieve the directory listing for arbitrary directories on the server.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Printcart Web to Print Product Designer plugin for WordPress versions up to 2.4.8 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve directory listings from arbitrary directories on the server by manipulating path parameters.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Printcart plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'printcart' or similar variant of the Printcart Web to Print Product Designer pluginAffected if The plugin directory exists on the server
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (typically the primary PHP file in the plugin folder) and locate the 'Version:' header in the plugin comment block, or check the WordPress admin Plugins page for the Printcart plugin versionAffected if The installed version is 2.4.8 or any earlier version (versions prior to the fix)
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Verify the plugin is activeLog into WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or query the WordPress database (wp_options table) for the active_plugins option to confirm Printcart is enabledAffected if The plugin is actively enabled on the WordPress site
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Test for vulnerable path parameter exposureSend an HTTP GET request to the Printcart plugin endpoints (common paths include /?page=printcart, /printcart/, or AJAX endpoints) with path traversal sequences such as ../ or absolute paths like /etc/ in parameters named 'path', 'folder', 'dir', or similarAffected if The server responds with directory listings or file contents from paths outside the intended directory
A user is affected if the Printcart plugin versions 2.4.8 or below are installed and active, and the path traversal vulnerability in the plugin endpoints is exploitable via HTTP requests with manipulated path parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the Printcart plugin to the latest version when available, and implement strict input validation with allowlist-based path restrictions to prevent directory traversal sequences.
latest version newer than 2.4.8 (check WordPress plugin repository for current stable release)
- 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- 3. Locate the 'Printcart Web to Print Product Designer for WooCommerce' plugin
- 4. If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to upgrade to the latest version
- 5. Verify the update completed successfully
- 6. Test that the product designer functionality works correctly after the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-10268 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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