Description
The WooCommerce Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 9.1.0 does not validate user input before unserializing it on stores with High-Performance Order Storage enabled, leading to a PHP Object Injection issue which unauthenticated users can escalate to Remote Code Execution via a gadget chain present in the bundled dependencies.
Published: 2026-08-12
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

This vulnerability exists in WooCommerce Subscriptions versions prior to 9.1.0. When the plugin’s High-Performance Order Storage feature is enabled, it accepts serialized user data without validation, allowing an attacker to provide crafted serialized objects. The deserialization process can trigger a PHP Object Injection that leads to Remote Code Execution through a gadget chain in the plugin’s bundled dependencies. The impact is complete compromise of the affected WordPress site, allowing execution of arbitrary code with the web server’s privileges.

Affected Systems

The affected product is the WooCommerce Subscriptions WordPress plugin for stores using High-Performance Order Storage. All installations running any version earlier than 9.1.0 are vulnerable. The problem arises only when the High-Performance Order Storage setting is enabled.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVE lists no EPSS score or KEV status; however, it is marked as an unauthenticated RCE, which is inherently high risk. Attackers can likely exploit this through an HTTP request that carries malicious serialized data to the vulnerable endpoint. The lack of input validation and the presence of a gadget chain make exploitation straightforward for attackers who can send the data. Consequently, the threat level should be treated as high until the plugin is upgraded or mitigated.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 12, 2026 at 12:42 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade WooCommerce Subscriptions to version 9.1.0 or later.
  • Temporarily disable the High-Performance Order Storage feature until the plugin can be updated, if an immediate upgrade is not possible.
  • If a patch or configuration change cannot be applied, remove or disable the WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin to prevent exploitation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 12, 2026 at 12:42 UTC.

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History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-502

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WooCommerce Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 9.1.0 does not validate user input before unserializing it on stores with High-Performance Order Storage enabled, leading to a PHP Object Injection issue which unauthenticated users can escalate to Remote Code Execution via a gadget chain present in the bundled dependencies.
Title WooCommerce Subscriptions < 9.1.0 - Unauthenticated RCE via PHP Object Injection
References

Subscriptions

No data.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T06:00:17.487Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T14:11:55.443Z

Link: CVE-2026-18391

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T06:20:14.167

Modified: 2026-08-12T06:20:14.167

Link: CVE-2026-18391

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T12:45:02Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-502

    Deserialization of Untrusted Data