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WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture Plugin Exploited for RCE

2026-09-16 15:25 UTC · The Hacker News · read the source ↗ #wordpress#rce#web-shell
  • Engineer — Act: Unauthenticated file upload enabling PHP web shell deployment is being actively exploited against this WooCommerce plugin (~6,000 installs). Check all WordPress sites for this plugin, update to the patched version immediately, and audit the uploads directory for unexpected PHP files.
  • SOC/IR — Act: Active exploitation is planting PHP backdoors on WordPress sites; sweep web servers for anomalous PHP files in WooCommerce plugin upload paths and hunt for POST requests to the plugin’s file-upload endpoint since exploitation began.
  • Leader — Skip
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