CVE-2022-50972 | WooCommerce 7.1.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerabi… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2022-50972
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-01-11 13:34 UTC
Published: 2026-06-20 13:37 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-20 13:37 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Vendor / Product: WooCommerce / WooCommerce
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
WooCommerce	WooCommerce	—	7.1.0

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-94	cna	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3	CRITICAL	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References (3)

ExploitDB-51156 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51156
Official Product Homepage https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce
VulnCheck Advisory: WooCommerce 7.1.0 Remote Code Execution via class-wc-meta-box-product-images.php https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/woocommerce-remote-code-execution-via-class-wc-meta-box-product-images-php