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CVE-2018-8711

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A local file inclusion issue was discovered in the WooCommerce Products Filter (aka WOOF) plugin before 2.2.0 for WordPress, as demonstrated by the shortcode parameter in a woof_redraw_woof action. The vulnerability is due to the lack of args/input validation on render_html before allowing it to be called by extract(), a PHP built-in function. Because of this, the supplied args/input can be used to overwrite the $pagepath variable, which then could lead to a local file inclusion attack.

Affected products

• Woocommerce-Filter Woocommerce Products Filter: before 2.2.0 — fixed in 2.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Woocommerce-Filter Woocommerce Products Filter 2.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/arbitrary-shortcode-execution-local-file-inclusion-in-woof-pluginus-net/index.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-products-filter/#developers
• https://www.woocommerce-filter.com/update-woocommerce-products-filter-v-2-2-0/
• https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/arbitrary-shortcode-execution-local-file-inclusion-in-woof-pluginus-net/index.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-products-filter/#developers
• https://www.woocommerce-filter.com/update-woocommerce-products-filter-v-2-2-0/

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