CVE-2023-5527 (GCVE-0-2023-5527)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-18 05:38 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:31
VLAI
Title
Business Directory Plugin <= 6.4.3 - Authenticated (Author+) CSV Injection
Summary
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.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-06-18 13:52 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1236 - Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2431 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
strategy11team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.4.3 (semver)
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strategy11team business_directory_plugin Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.4.3 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:strategy11team:business_directory_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev
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How durations are calculated

Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

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