Business Directory Plugin <= 6.4.3 - Authenticated (Author+) CSV Injection

Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
CVE CVE-2023-5527
CVSS High (7.4)
Publicly Published June 17, 2024
Last Updated June 26, 2024
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Description

The Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 6.4.3 via the class-csv-exporter.php file. This allows authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to embed untrusted input into CSV files exported by administrators, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug business-directory-plugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.4.3
Patched Version
  • 6.4.4
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