CVE-2019-17661
HIGHEPSS 82th pctlDescription
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.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.
References
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-33256 | High | 8.8 | 79% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-11652 | Critical | 9.8 | 25% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-36962 | Critical | 9.8 | 11% | - | - |
| CVE-2019-12765 | Critical | 9.8 | 10% | - | - |
| CVE-2019-14749 | High | 8.8 | 9.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-9372 | High | 7.8 | 8.6% | - | Fix |
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