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CVE-2026-12684

MEDIUM 6.5 PoC AVAILABLE

Published 2026-07-16 · Last modified 2026-07-16

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.113.0 does not perform authentication, capability, or nonce checks on one of its media upload AJAX actions when the review media attachment feature is enabled, allowing unauthenticated users to upload media files (bounded to an image and video allowlist) to the Media Library and create attachment posts, leading to media library pollution and disk space exhaustion.

EXPLOIT AVAILABLE

Public exploit or PoC code exists. Modeled probability is still low, but the barrier to attack is reduced — watch closely.

Exploitation likelihood

0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 16th percentile

○ In CISA KEV ● Public exploit / PoC

Impact if exploited

6.5CVSS 3.1 · MEDIUM

  • ConfidentialityNone
  • IntegrityLow
  • AvailabilityLow

What an attacker needs

  • ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
  • ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
  • ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
  • ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable

✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it

Proof of concept & exploit code

Test against your own equipment

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Listed for defensive triage, patch verification, and authorized testing on systems you own. Machine-readable: /cve/CVE-2026-12684/poc.json

Affected

Vendors Unknown

Products Customer Reviews For Woocommerce

Weakness (CWE)

  • CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

All CVSS metrics

  • MEDIUM 6.5 v3.1 · ADP Primary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • MEDIUM 6.5 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

Exploits & PoC

Sources: NVD · CVE.org · EPSS