Flamingo <= 2.1 - CSV Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.1.1
- Affected Plugin
- Flamingo
- Affected Version
<= 2.1- CVSS
- 6.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability in the Flamingo WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.1. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 2.1.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2020.
Vulnerability Overview
A CSV Injection vulnerability was discovered in Flamingo up to version 2.1. It allows a user with low level privileges to inject OS command that will be included in the exported CSV file, leading to possible command/code execution.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
Remediation
Update to version 2.1.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Flamingo: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Flamingo 2.1.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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External References
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