{"id":"CVE-2017-18356","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18356","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:10:07.615Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2019-01-15T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["woocommerce/woocommerce"],"epss":{"score":0.01961,"percentile":0.80217,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/woocommerce-php-object-injection/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://woocommerce.wordpress.com/2017/11/16/woocommerce-3-2-4-security-fix-release-notes/","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://blog.ripstech.com/2018/woocommerce-php-object-injection/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://woocommerce.wordpress.com/2017/11/16/woocommerce-3-2-4-security-fix-release-notes/","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18356","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}