Export Post Info <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Author+) CSV Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2022-38061
CVSS	Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published	September 22, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Kévin Mosbahi (Mika)

Description

The Export Post Info plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection. This allows authenticated users with author permissions or higher, to inject commands that the plugin will include when generating a CSV file for export. If a victim opens the malicious CSV file on a vulnerable platform these commands could be executed on their local machine.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	export-post-info (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.2.0
Patched Version	1.2.1

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