What is CVE-2022-50972?

CVE-2022-50972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-50972?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Woocommerce

CVE-2022-50972

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-produ…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Woocommerce — versions 7.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50972?: CVE-2022-50972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Woocommerce, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-50972?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.