Newsletter <= 6.5.3 - CSV Injection

Improper Input Validation
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published March 16, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vishnupriya Ilango
Description

The Newsletter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 6.5.3 by the use of Microsoft Excel DDE function, or to leak data via maliciously injected hyperlinks. This allows non-privileged attackers to embed untrusted input into exported CSV files, 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 newsletter (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.5.3
Patched Version
  • 6.5.4
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