CVE-2022-50972

CRITICAL

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

Title source: cna

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-50972. PoCs published by Milad karimi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit demonstrates a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in WooCommerce v7.1.0 by injecting PHP code via the 'product-type' parameter in a GET request. The vulnerable code unsafely uses user input in a file inclusion context, allowing arbitrary PHP execution.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Milad karimi · textwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51156

View Code ZIP pw:eip

The exploit demonstrates a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in WooCommerce v7.1.0 by injecting PHP code via the 'product-type' parameter in a GET request. The vulnerable code unsafely uses user input in a file inclusion context, allowing arbitrary PHP execution.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: WooCommerce v7.1.0

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Access to the target WooCommerce installation · Ability to send HTTP requests to the vulnerable endpoint

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

devstral-2 · analyzed Jun 20, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Exploit exploit

ExploitDB-51156

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51156

Product product

Official Product Homepage

https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory

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

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0063

EPSS Percentile 45.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (1)

WooCommerce/WooCommerce 7.1.0

Published Jun 20, 2026

Tracked Since Jun 20, 2026