Bastien Ho Accounting for WooCommerce Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

A local file inclusion vulnerability has been identified in the Bastien Ho Accounting for WooCommerce plugin, affecting versions through 1.6.8. This vulnerability arises from improper control of filenames in include or require statements, allowing PHP remote file inclusion that could be exploited to include local files from the target website.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to local files on the server, with the potential to display sensitive information such as database credentials. Depending on the server configuration, this could allow a complete takeover of the database.

Remediation

Users of the Bastien Ho Accounting for WooCommerce plugin should update to version 1.6.9 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins.