# CVE-2025-61923: PrestaShop Checkout Backoffice directory traversal allows arbitrary file disclosure

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-61923-prestashop-checkout-backoffice-directory-traversal-allows  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-16  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-61923 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.1 · Published 2025-10-16

PrestaShop Checkout is the PrestaShop official payment module in partnership with PayPal. In versions prior to 4.4.1 and 5.0.5, the backoffice is missing validation on input resulting in a directory traversal and arbitrary file disclosure. The vulnerability is fixed in versions 4.4.1 and 5.0.5. No known workarounds exist.

Technologies: [prestashop/ps_checkout (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/prestashop-ps-checkout). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-61923 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-61923 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-61923?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.1, published 16 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** prestashop/ps_checkout (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.4.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-61923?** Yes. prestashop/ps_checkout (Packagist): upgrade to 4.4.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-61923?** Check whether you run prestashop/ps_checkout (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- prestashop/ps_checkout (Packagist): upgrade to 4.4.1 or later

  ```sh
  composer require prestashop/ps_checkout:^4.4.1
  ```


## Affected products

- prestashop/ps_checkout (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.4.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-61923
- GHSA-fpxp-pfqm-x54w

## Related threats

- [ps_checkout allows unauthorized method invocation through unvalidated parameter](https://junglewise.ai/threats/ps-checkout-allows-unauthorized-method-invocation-through-unvalidated-3acc62df)
- [PrestaShop Checkout Target PayPal merchant account hijacking from backoffice](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-61924-prestashop-checkout-target-paypal-merchant-account-hijacking-from)
- [PrestaShop Checkout is the PrestaShop official payment module in partnership with PayPal. Starting in version 1.3.0 and prior to versions 4.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-61922-prestashop-checkout-allows-customer-account-takeover-via-email)