Critical severity · published Jun 20, 2026
CVE-2022-50972
WooCommerce 7.1.0 Remote Code Execution via class-wc-meta-box-product-images.php
9.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WooCommerce · WooCommerce
7.1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50972
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50972
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-wc-meta-box-product-images-php
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