CVE-2026-12684 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce < 5.113.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media Upload via cr_upload_media
Unauthenticated attackers can upload arbitrary media files to the WordPress Media Library, causing disk space exhaustion and library pollution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12684?
CVE-2026-12684 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Customer Reviews for WooCommerce, published on 16 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.113.0 does not perform authentication, capability, or nonce checks on one of its media upload AJAX actions when the review media attachment feature is enabled, allowing unauthenticated users to upload media files (bounded to an image and video allowlist) to the Media Library and create attachment posts, leading to media library pollution and disk space exhaustion.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12684?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12684?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12684 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-12684 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12684 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-22m6-qpwv-v2xp.