WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2020-22275 Modified

Easy Registration Forms: A security weakness

Easy Registration Forms is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Easy Registration Forms
Plugin slug
easy-registration-forms
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 04, 2020
Weakness
CWE-1236 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

This CVE was published Nov 04, 2020 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Easy Registration Forms to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

Easy Registration Forms (ER Forms) Wordpress Plugin 2.0.6 allows an attacker to submit an entry with malicious CSV commands. After that, when the system administrator generates CSV output from the forms information, there is no check on this inputs and the codes are executable.

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

Primary and upstream sources