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Contact Form 7 to Database Extension 2.10.32 — CSV Injection

CVE-2018-9035Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: 2.10.32 – 2.10.32Update to 2.10.36 or newer

All remediation steps
Severity
High8.6
CVSS
8.6
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:L Attack vector
Local
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:R User interaction
Required
S:C Scope
Changed
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed

Am I affected?

Contact Form DB contact-form-7-to-database-extension

  1. Affected2.10.32 – 2.10.32
  2. Patched in2.10.36

Update to 2.10.36 or newer.

You are affected if you run 2.10.32 – 2.10.32. Version 2.10.36 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Contact Form DB.
  • 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

  1. Update to version 2.10.36, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Contact Form DB to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.

CSV Injection vulnerability in ExportToCsvUtf8.php of the Contact Form 7 to Database Extension plugin 2.10.32 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject spreadsheet formulas into CSV files via the contact form.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Contact Form DB

All 5
More vulnerabilities in Contact Form DB
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium4.3Cross-site request forgery via a request in the CF7DBPluginSubmissions page to wp-admin/admin.php
≤2.8.29Update to 2.8.32
CVE-2015-1874
Medium6.5Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.26Update to 2.8.28
CVE-2015-2040
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
<2.8.18Update to 2.8.18
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Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.8.19Update to 2.8.20
CVE-2014-7139

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.6

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
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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