01 Record
CVE-2026-42718
WordPress Booster for WooCommerce plugin <= 8.4.0 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: Patchstack
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
WordPress Booster for WooCommerce plugin <= 8.4.0 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-13.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-10 19:35Z18 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-11 11:53Z17 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-29
- Assigning CNA
- Patchstack
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 82134e61428e2e8560ad9ad57e2ab126e40a32202756322e4d5cbeba90566fe3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
07 Remediation
Update the WordPress Booster for WooCommerce plugin to the latest available version (at least 8.5.0).