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CVE-2023-5527

HIGH 8.0 CVSS 3.1
Published
June 18, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-1236
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Business Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 6.4.3 via the class-csv-exporter.php file. This allows authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to embed untrusted input into CSV files exported by administrators, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.

Affected WordPress components

  • Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing & Member Directories for WordPress Plugin · business-directory-plugin
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 6.4.3
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • strategy11team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress — Up to and including 6.4.3
  • strategy11team business_directory_plugin — Up to and including 6.4.3
  • businessdirectoryplugin business_directory — Before 6.4.4

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/business-directory-plugin/trunk/includes/admin/class-csv-exporter.php Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/business-directory-plugin/trunk/includes/admin/helpers/csv/class-csv-exporter.php Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3102475/business-directory-plugin/trunk/includes/admin/helpers/csv/class-csv-exporter.php Product
  • research.cleantalk.org https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-5527/
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed037e94-68b4-4efc-9d1a-fffc4aff1c45?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record