CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-17661

8.8 HIGH Published 2019-11-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-11-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-1236

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.

Affected configurations

• admincolumns admin columns 3.4.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File weakness

References