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CVE-2020-22277: Import and export users and customers WordPress Plugin through 1.15.5.11 allows CSV injection via a custome...

Import and export users and customers WordPress Plugin through 1.15.5.11 allows CSV injection via a customer's profile.

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Plain-English summary

CVE-2020-22277 is a CSV injection issue in the Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin through version 1.15.5.11. A malicious customer profile value could be carried into exported CSV data, creating risk when staff open that file in spreadsheet software.

Executive priority

Handle as a targeted operational risk if the plugin is installed and CSV exports are part of business workflows. Prioritize inventory and vendor guidance checks; urgency increases where customer-controlled profile data is exported and opened by finance, support, or operations staff.

Technical view

The public CVE description states CSV injection via a customer's profile in the WordPress plugin through 1.15.5.11. The bundle provides no CVSS score, CWE, patch version, or confirmed exploit activity. Impact depends on whether untrusted customer profile fields are exported and opened in spreadsheet applications.

Likely exposure

Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites using this specific plugin and workflows where customer profile data is exported to CSV and opened by users with spreadsheet software. The provided affected-product metadata is incomplete, so asset inventory should confirm plugin name and version directly.

Exploitation context

The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation. CSV injection usually requires poisoned data to be exported and opened by a user, so business risk is workflow-dependent rather than automatically server-compromise-level.

Researcher notes

Evidence is thin: the CVE record gives the core condition, but no CVSS, CWE, affected CPE, patch note, or exploit confirmation is included. Avoid broad claims beyond plugin-through-1.15.5.11 CSV injection through customer profile data.

Mitigation direction

  • Check the WordPress plugin page and vendor materials for a supported fixed version or official mitigation.
  • If no guidance exists, restrict CSV export access to trusted administrators only.
  • Treat exported customer CSV files as untrusted before opening in spreadsheet tools.
  • Consider disabling the plugin until exposure and business need are confirmed.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory WordPress sites for the plugin and record installed versions.
  • Confirm whether version 1.15.5.11 or earlier is present.
  • Review whether customer profile fields are included in CSV exports.
  • Identify staff who open these exports in spreadsheet applications.
  • Check vendor guidance before declaring remediation complete.
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Confidence
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Sources
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