# CVE-2018-8711: A local file inclusion issue was discovered in the WooCommerce Products Filter (aka WOOF) plugin before 2.2.0 for WordPress, as demonstrated

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-03-14 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A local file inclusion issue was discovered in the WooCommerce Products Filter (aka WOOF) plugin before 2.2.0 for WordPress, as demonstrated by the shortcode parameter in a woof_redraw_woof action. The vulnerability is due to the lack of args/input validation on render_html before allowing it to be called by extract(), a PHP built-in function. Because of this, the supplied args/input can be used to overwrite the $pagepath variable, which then could lead to a local file inclusion attack.

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## References

- https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-products-filter/#developers
- https://sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/arbitrary-shortcode-execution-local-file-inclusion-in-woof-pluginus-net/index.html
- https://www.woocommerce-filter.com/update-woocommerce-products-filter-v-2-2-0/

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