CVE-2022-4047

Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce < 4.0.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

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Published Dec 26, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 6.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.0.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpswings:return_refund_and_exchange_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.6% (6.583% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8965a87c-5fe5-4b39-88f3-e00966ca1d94

History

Jul 16, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.6701}`	epss `{'score': 0.78234}`

Apr 14, 2025 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpswings Return Refund And Exchange For Woocommerce

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 14, 2025, 1:47 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Dec 26, 2022, 12:28 PM
Updated: Apr 14, 2025, 1:47 PM
Reserved: Nov 17, 2022, 9:15 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:27 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:27 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:19 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 26, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:19 AM

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