WooCommerce <= 3.2.3 - Authenticated PHP Object Injection

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2017-18356
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published November 16, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

In the Automattic WooCommerce plugin before 3.2.4 for WordPress, an attack is possible after gaining access to the target site with a user account that has at least Shop manager privileges. The attacker then constructs a specifically crafted string that will turn into a PHP object injection involving the includes/shortcodes/class-wc-shortcode-products.php WC_Shortcode_Products::get_products() use of cached queries within shortcodes.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug woocommerce (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.4
Patched Version
  • 3.2.4
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