Findings

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-18391

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Published Oct 13, 2026 · corrected/updated Oct 13, 2026 · WooCommerce WooCommerce Subscriptions · evidence confidence very high

The WooCommerce Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 9.1.0 does not validate user input before unserializing it on stores with High-Performance Order Storage enabled, leading to a PHP Object Injection issue which unauthenticated users can escalate to Remote Code Execution via a gadget chain present in the bundled dependencies.

Grounded briefings

Catalog interpretations for three audiences. Each brief cites ingested metadata and the original advisories below. They are not independent research and they do not invent exploit steps.

Executive

CVE-2026-18391 is a unknown public vulnerability record for WooCommerce WooCommerce Subscriptions. CISA lists it as known exploited. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. This summary is a catalog interpretation of the ingested metadata and cites the original advisories below.

System administrator

Identify whether WooCommerce WooCommerce Subscriptions is in your estate, then compare installed versions with the affected ranges. Affected packages or ranges on record: WooCommerce WooCommerce Subscriptions. Published remediation guidance: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. Prefer the vendor or distribution advisory linked in Sources before changing production systems. This is a catalog interpretation, not a runbook.

Security analyst

Signals on file: EPSS 1.0%. CISA lists it as known exploited. Sources contributing to this record: cve_org, epss, vulncheck_kev. Public exploit references, when present, are outbound links only and are not proof of active exploitation. This is a catalog interpretation of stored metadata.

Exploitation and remediation

  • Exploitation evidence

    Confirmed in CISA KEV since Oct 13, 2026. Listed in CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV.

  • Patch and remediation

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  • Safe detection guidance

    Compare installed versions with the affected ranges below and verify the advisory from the original publisher. This site stores metadata and outbound links only; it does not ship exploit code or proof-of-concept payloads.

Technology hubs

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 13, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The WooCommerce Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 9.1.0 does not validate user input before unserializing it on stores with High-Performance Order Storage enabled, leading to a PHP Object Injection issue which unauthenticated users can escalate to Remote Code Execution via a gadget chain present in the bundled dependencies.

  2. Oct 13, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Affected

  • vendor WooCommerce WooCommerce Subscriptionsversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-18391

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-18391

    30-day exploitation probability 1.0%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-18391

    The WooCommerce Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 9.1.0 does not validate user input before unserializing it on stores with High-Performance Order Storage enabled, leading to a PHP Object Injection issue which unauthenticated users can escalate to Remote Code Execution via a

    vulncheck.com

References