CVE-2018-8711 describes a critical local file inclusion vulnerability in the WooCommerce Products Filter (WOOF) plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 2.2.0. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to manipulate the 'shortcode' parameter within a 'woof_redraw_woof' action, bypassing input validation to overwrite a critical variable. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary local file inclusion, potentially enabling remote code execution, data theft, or complete system compromise. Despite its maximum CVSS score of 9.8, there is no public exploit code, Metasploit module, or evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:woocommerce-filter:woocommerce_products_filter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.