CVE-2022-50972 — WooCommerce 7

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 p

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2026-06-20T14:16:18.960
• Last modified: 2026-10-06T22:10:00.247

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51156
• www.vulncheck.com — https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/woocommerce-remote-code-execution-via-class…