Remote code execution in Email Customizer for WooCommerce (Pro)
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Email Customizer for WooCommerce (Pro) plugin for WordPress by ThemeHigh is affected up to and including 3.9.5. Insufficient authorization and input sanitization in the send_test_mail() function let user-controlled PHP code be written to executable files in the uploads directory (CWE-74). An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or above can execute arbitrary PHP code on the server, leading to full site compromise.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Email Customizer for WooCommerce (Pro) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in versions up to, and including, 3.9.5. This is due to insufficient authorization and input sanitization in the send_test_mail() function, which allows user-controlled PHP code to be written to executable files in the uploads directory. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server, leading to full site compromise.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Email Customizer for WooCommerce (Pro).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-15 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81534
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-4pxj-xxwx-q7rf
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More ThemeHigh vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03221 Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce < 1.8.0 - Admin+ PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2024-00649 Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce <= 3.7.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-00692 Multiple Shipping Address Woocommerce < 2.0 - Unauthenticated SQLi CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-02962 Stripe Payment Plugin for WooCommerce <= 3.7.7 - Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-23527 Path traversal in ThemeHigh Checkout Field Editor for WooCommerce CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-86570 Unauthenticated attachment deletion in Checkout Field Editor Pro CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-81534 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81534 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4pxj-xxwx-q7rf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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