Connections Business Directory <= 9.6 - Authenticated CSV Injection

2020-05-29 00:00

Rudra Sarkar

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 9.7

Affected PluginConnections Business Directory

Affected Version<= 9.6

CVSS7.3High

CVECVE-2020-36503

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Vulnerability Overview

The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 9.7, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')) The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36503 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70f2c885-14b6-4ac3-b819-502bc618d9c9

CVSS Vector

7.3

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

Base

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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