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CVE-2022-50972

WooCommerce 7.1.0 Remote Code Execution via class-wc-meta-box-product-images.php

Published: Jun 20, 2026Updated: Jun 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 54.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

WooCommerce 7.1.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting shell commands through the product-type parameter. Attackers can send requests to the class-wc-meta-box-product-images.php endpoint with unsanitized product-type values to write malicious PHP files to the web root.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

WooCommerceWooCommerce
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / ecommerce-platform
woocommerceoss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka automatewoo, product vendors

Exploitability

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51156
exploit-db.com
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce
wordpress.org
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/woocommerce-remote-code-execution-via-class-wc-meta-box-product-images-php
vulncheck.com

Timeline

Published
Jun 20, 2026
Last Updated
Jun 22, 2026

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