CVE-2026-14352 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the AR for WooCommerce WordPress plugin affecting all versions up to and including 8.40. The issue is exposed through the 'file' parameter and allows an unauthenticated attacker to supply a path payload that results in arbitrary file read from the underlying server. According to the provided content, three intended access controls fail in practice: unauthenticated users can obtain valid nonces through the nopriv AJAX handlers ar_get_fresh_nonce and ar_process_user_image; the AES-256-CBC encryption key used to protect the parameter is derived from get_option('ar_licence_key'), which returns false on default free installations and therefore produces a predictable key; and the Referer-based validation can be bypassed because the Referer header is attacker-controlled. Together, these weaknesses allow remote unauthenticated attackers to craft acceptable requests and traverse directories to access files outside the intended scope.
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