CVE-2019-17661

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    CVE-2019-17661

    Published: 8 Nov 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www2.deloitte.com/de/de/pages/risk/articles/wordpress-csv-injection.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2be66840dab97d8e35988cce26d8037c15d157c7
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.4.6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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