---
id: CVE-2026-14352
title: >-
  The AR for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory
  Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 8.40 via the 'file' parameter
  parameter
summary: >-
  The AR for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory
  Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 8.40 via the 'file' parameter
  parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the
  contents of …
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
published: '2026-07-03'
updated: '2026-07-03'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14352'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ar-for-woocommerce/tags/8.40/ar-woocommerce.php#L143
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ar-for-woocommerce/tags/8.40/ar-woocommerce.php#L249
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ar-for-woocommerce/tags/8.40/includes/ar-secure-download.php#L64
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ar-for-woocommerce/tags/8.40/includes/ar-secure-download.php#L95
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3593279/ar-for-woocommerce/trunk/includes/ar-secure-download.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Far-for-woocommerce/tags/8.40&new_path=%2Far-for-woocommerce/tags/8.41
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2049712a-6ff2-4e2a-98f8-93a493a5bfd3?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-07-04T04:55:39.393Z'
epss: 0.00675
epssPercentile: 0.50812
---

## Overview

The AR for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 8.40 via the 'file' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The three intended access controls all fail: valid nonces are freely minted by unauthenticated callers via the nopriv ar_get_fresh_nonce and ar_process_user_image AJAX handlers; the AES-256-CBC encryption key is derived from get_option('ar_licence_key'), which returns false on default free installations and yields a predictable key attackers can use to encrypt their own path payloads; and the Referer check is trivially bypassed because the Referer header is attacker-controlled.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.