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Customer Reviews For Woocommerce CVE-2023-0080

HIGH
2023-02-13 contact@wpscan.com
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Impact

CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 1.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.16.0 does not validate one of its shortcode attribute, which could allow users with a contributor role and above to include arbitrary. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.16.0 does not validate one of its shortcode attribute, which could allow users with a contributor role and above to include arbitrary files via a traversal attack. This could also allow them to read non PHP files and retrieve their content. RCE could also be achieved if the attacker manage to upload a malicious image containing PHP code, and then include it via the affected attribute, on a default WP install, authors could easily achieve that given that they have the upload_file capability. Affected products include: Cusrev Customer Reviews For Woocommerce. Version information: before 5.16.0.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionNVD

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.16.0 does not validate one of its shortcode attribute, which could allow users with a contributor role and above to include arbitrary files via a traversal attack. This could also allow them to read non PHP files and retrieve their content. RCE could also be achieved if the attacker manage to upload a malicious image containing PHP code, and then include it via the affected attribute, on a default WP install, authors could easily achieve that given that they have the upload_file capability.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38% exploitable
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 1.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

65
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +44
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:cusrev:customer_reviews_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
CVE-2026-76585 HIGH POC
8.8 Aug 30

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (all versions before 5.118.0) lets unauthenticated attac

CVE-2026-12684 MEDIUM POC
6.5 Jul 16

Unauthenticated media file upload in the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (all versions before 5.113.0)

CVE-2023-6979 HIGH
8.8 Jan 11

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file ty

CVE-2026-14941 MEDIUM POC
5.4 Aug 10

Missing authorization on multiple AJAX settings handlers in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce (all versions before 5.116.

CVE-2026-89055 CRITICAL
9.1 Sep 25

Permanent deletion of arbitrary WordPress Media Library attachments - including administrator-owned product images, logo

CVE-2022-38470 HIGH
8.8 Sep 23

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 at WordPress. Rated

CVE-2022-38134 HIGH
8.8 Sep 23

Authenticated (subscriber+) Broken Access Control vulnerability in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 at W

CVE-2026-96823 HIGH
7.5 Sep 30

Remote unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary content, including customer reviews, on WordPress/WooCommerce site

CVE-2022-40194 HIGH
7.5 Sep 23

Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability in Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.3.5 at Wo

CVE-2026-97663 HIGH
7.2 Oct 02

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress, all versions up to and i

CVE-2026-6176 HIGH
7.2 Aug 28

Stored cross-site scripting in the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 5.106

CVE-2026-13771 MEDIUM
6.4 Jul 09

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (all versions ≤ 5.113.0) allows con

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