WordPress plugin
Connections Business Directory <= 9.6 — Authenticated CSV Injection
CVE-2020-36503Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤9.6Update to 9.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.3
- CVSS
- 7.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:LAttack vector- Local
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Connections Business Directory connections
- Affected≤ 9.6
- Patched in9.7
Update to 9.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 9.6. Version 9.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Connections Business Directory.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 9.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Connections Business Directory to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rudra Sarkar.
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue
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
More in Connections Business Directory
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure ≤10.4.67No patch available | CVE-2026-86789 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion ≤10.4.66No patch available | CVE-2024-12885 | |
| Medium5.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ≤10.4.36Update to 10.4.37 | CVE-2023-29437 | |
| Medium5.5 | Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting <10.4.3Update to 10.4.3 | CVE-2021-24794 | |
| Medium6.1 | Cross-Site Scripting <8.5.9Update to 8.5.9 | CVE-2016-0770 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤10.4.67No patch available
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Directory Deletion
≤10.4.66No patch available
- Medium5.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
≤10.4.36Update to 10.4.37
- Medium5.5Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<10.4.3Update to 10.4.3
- Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
<8.5.9Update to 8.5.9
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
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