CVE-2019-17661: admincolumns admin_columns

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-17661 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in admincolumns admin_columns. EPSS estimates a 2.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-11-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 15-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A CSV injection in the codepress-admin-columns (aka Admin Columns) plugin 3.4.6 for WordPress allows malicious users to gain remote control of other computers. By choosing formula code as his first or last name, an attacker can create a user with a name that contains malicious code. Other users might download this data as a CSV file and corrupt their PC by opening it in a tool such as Microsoft Excel. The attacker could gain remote access to the user's PC.

• CWE-1236Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV FileThe product saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as a command when the file is opened by a spreadsheet product.
• CWE-74Improper 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.