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Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-22275 describes a CSV command injection issue in Easy Registration Forms (ER Forms) WordPress Plugin 2.0.6. An attacker can submit malicious form content, and risk appears when an administrator exports form data to CSV. Public sources do not provide CVSS, a confirmed patch, or evidence of active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize as a targeted web application data-handling risk if ER Forms 2.0.6 is present. Business urgency is moderate for exposed public forms with CSV exports, but overall severity cannot be confidently rated from the supplied sources.
Technical view
The source description says ER Forms 2.0.6 does not properly check submitted input before generating CSV output from form entries, allowing malicious CSV commands to be included. The affected metadata is incomplete and lists no CPEs, vendor, CWE, or CVSS score, so exposure should be validated from local plugin inventory.
Likely exposure
Likely limited to WordPress sites running Easy Registration Forms / ER Forms version 2.0.6, especially where public users can submit forms and administrators export entries as CSV. The source bundle does not confirm other affected versions.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle, and no cited source states active exploitation. The described path requires malicious form submission followed by administrator CSV export handling. Evidence is sparse, with no reliable exploit maturity details in the bundle.
Researcher notes
The CVE record gives a concise vulnerability description but lacks CVSS, CWE, CPE, exploit status, and remediation details. Analysis should avoid assuming broader version impact or active exploitation. Validate against installed plugin code and maintainer advisories before assigning operational severity.
Mitigation direction
- Check vendor or plugin maintainer guidance for a fixed release or advisory.
- Inventory WordPress sites for ER Forms and confirm exact installed versions.
- Disable or replace ER Forms 2.0.6 if no maintained fix is available.
- Restrict form submission and CSV export access until exposure is resolved.
- Treat exported CSV files from affected forms as untrusted data.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Easy Registration Forms / ER Forms 2.0.6 is installed.
- Review which forms accept untrusted or public submissions.
- Check whether administrators export submitted entries to CSV.
- Look for suspicious formula-like content in recent form entries.
- Document findings because public affected-version metadata is incomplete.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://filebin.net/30ceikgukh268yyjCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://cert.ikiu.ac.ir/public-files/news/document/CVE-99/CVE-2020-22275.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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