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Simple CSV/XLS Exporter <= 1.5.8 — CSV Injection

CVE-2022-42882Published Mar 2, 2023 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤1.5.8No patch available

What to do until a fix ships

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Severity

Medium5.1

CVSS

5.1

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

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

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:H Attack complexity: High
PR:H Privileges required: High
UI:R User interaction: Required
S:C Scope: Changed
C:L Confidentiality: Low
I:L Integrity: Low
A:L Availability: Low

Weakness

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

Required access

Unknown

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

No score

CISA KEV

Not listed

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Am I affected?

Simple CSV/XLS Exporter simple-csv-xls-exporter

Affected≤ 1.5.8
PatchedNo fix yet

You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5.8. No fixed version has been released.

Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Simple CSV/XLS Exporter.
No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
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Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Kévin Mosbahi (Mika).

The Simple CSV/XLS Exporter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV injection in versions up to, and including, 1.5.8. This allows attackers with Editor-level permissions or above, 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

Timeline

Mar 2, 2023
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.1
Nov 13, 2026
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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