CVE-2026-49779 - Vulnerability Details

Description

Customer Path Traversal in Tax Exempt for WooCommerce <= 1.9.3 versions.

Published: 2026-07-02

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: n/a

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is a customer-controlled path traversal in the Tax Exempt for WooCommerce plugin. An attacker can manipulate the path parameter to read or potentially write files outside the intended directory, compromising confidentiality and integrity of server data.

Affected Systems

Addify’s Tax Exempt for WooCommerce plugin versions up to 1.9.3 are affected. Hosts running this plugin via WordPress are potentially vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates a medium to high severity scenario. With no EPSS data, the exploitation probability is uncertain, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Based on the description, the likely attack vector is remote, via crafted HTTP requests to the plugin’s endpoint.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Addify

Tax Exempt for WooCommerce

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.9.3

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

Upgrade to version 1.9.4 or newer, which removes the path traversal flaw.
Verify that the patched version no longer accepts arbitrary path inputs in the plugin’s requests.
If upgrading is not immediately possible, disable the Tax Exempt for WooCommerce plugin until a fix is applied.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 2, 2026 at 15:22 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/woocommerce-tax-exempt-plugin/vulnerability/wordpress-tax-exempt-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-9-3-path-traversal-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Customer Path Traversal in Tax Exempt for WooCommerce <= 1.9.3 versions.
Title		WordPress Tax Exempt for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.9.3 - Path Traversal vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-35
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/woocommerce-tax-exempt-plugin/vulnerability/wordpress-tax-exempt-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-9-3-path-traversal-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

Subscriptions

No data.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-07-02T11:15:03.479Z

Updated: 2026-07-02T14:07:11.768Z

Reserved: 2026-06-01T15:29:19.865Z

Link: CVE-2026-49779

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-02T14:07:07.366Z

NVD

No data.

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-02T15:30:05Z

Weaknesses

CWE-35
Path Traversal: '.../...//'

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Impact

Affected Systems

Risk and Exploitability

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Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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