CVE-2022-50972

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

Critical9.3Public exploitEPSS 1.1%

Published: 20 Jun 2026
Updated: 15 Jul 2026
Reserved: 11 Jan 2026
Assigned by: VulnCheck

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.

Public exploit

A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.

ExploitDB-51156 (opens in a new tab)exploit

Timeline

2026
11 Jan 2026
11 Jan 2026
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
20 Jun 20265 months later
20 Jun 2026· 5 months later
Published
15 Jul 202625 days later
15 Jul 2026· 25 days later
Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-50972, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)	4.0	Critical9.3	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
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)	3.1	Critical9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Deferred	4.0	Critical9.3	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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.3.

Weakness

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-94 and its CVEs

Affected products

WooCommerce · WooCommerce
- affected 7.1.0

References (3)

ExploitDB-51156 (opens in a new tab)exploit
Official Product Homepage (opens in a new tab)product
VulnCheck Advisory: WooCommerce 7.1.0 Remote Code Execution via class-wc-meta-box-product-images.php (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 15 Jul 2026, 01:24 UTC.