CVE-2023-5527 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-5527

Business Directory Plugin <= 6.4.3 - Authenticated (Author+) CSV Injection

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Dmitrii Ignatyev

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 18th, 2024
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1236

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.