🛡️ CVE-2023-39525 — prestashop

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

PrestaShop is an open source e-commerce web application. Prior to version 8.1.1, in the back office, files can be compromised using path traversal by replaying the import file deletion query with a specified file path that uses the traversal path. Version 8.1.1 contains a patch for this issue. There are no known workarounds.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-39525 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2023-39525 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • prestashop (fixed in 8.1.1)
  • prestashop/prestashop (fixed in 8.1.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-08-07
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
prestashop — 8.1.1
prestashop/prestashop — 8.1.1

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