{"id":"CVE-2018-8711","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-8711","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:42.889Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-03-14T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:05:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["woocommerce-filter/woocommerce products filter"],"epss":{"score":0.01918,"percentile":0.79771,"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 (1.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/arbitrary-shortcode-execution-local-file-inclusion-in-woof-pluginus-net/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-products-filter/#developers","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.woocommerce-filter.com/update-woocommerce-products-filter-v-2-2-0/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/arbitrary-shortcode-execution-local-file-inclusion-in-woof-pluginus-net/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-products-filter/#developers","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.woocommerce-filter.com/update-woocommerce-products-filter-v-2-2-0/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8711","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."}