WordPress Comments Import & Export <= 2.0.4 — CSV Injection
CVE-2018-11526Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.0.4Update to 2.0.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.1
- CVSS
- 6.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:LAttack vector- Local
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Comments Import & Export comments-import-export-woocommerce
- Affected≤ 2.0.4
- Patched in2.0.5
Update to 2.0.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.4. Version 2.0.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Comments Import & Export.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.0.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Comments Import & Export to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Bhushan B. Patil.
The WordPress Comments Import & Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.0.4 via the form fields. This allows unauthenticated attackers to embed untrusted input into exported CSV files, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | 2.5.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Information Exposure 2.1.11 – 2.5.3Update to 2.5.4 | CVE-2026-87836 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.4.9Update to 2.5.0 | CVE-2026-32441 | |
| Medium6.4 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.4.3Update to 2.4.4 | CVE-2025-3919 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via Directory Traversal ≤2.3.7Update to 2.3.9 | CVE-2024-7514 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤2.3.5Update to 2.3.6 | CVE-2024-31235 |
- Medium4.32.5.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Information Exposure
2.1.11 – 2.5.3Update to 2.5.4
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.4.9Update to 2.5.0
- Medium6.4Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.4.3Update to 2.4.4
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via Directory Traversal
≤2.3.7Update to 2.3.9
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤2.3.5Update to 2.3.6
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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