Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce < 4.0.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Priority HIGH 82Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 4.0.9 does not validate attachment files to be uploaded via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, which could allow them to upload arbitrary files such as PHP and lead to RCE
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.06583 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce (Unknown): 4.0.9
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce | before 4.0.9 | 4.0.9 | Patch available | CNA |
- Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce VendorUnknown Affected before 4.0.9 Fixed in 4.0.9 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce (Unknown) Fixed in 4.0.9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4047
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3j85-6864-55p3
References
More WP Swings Return Refund And Exchange For Woocommerce vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-12680 Information disclosure in WP Swings Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-12731 Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce <= 4.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2022-4047 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4047 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3j85-6864-55p3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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