Critical 9.8Published Jun 20, 2026

CVE-2022-50972WooCommerce 7.1.0 Remote Code Execution via class-wc-meta-box-product-images.php

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:20 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

WooCommerce WooCommerce woocommerce:woocommerce (from the name)	7.1.0	CNA record

References

References

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

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