CVE-2019-17661

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1236

Description

A CSV injection in the codepress-admin-columns (aka Admin Columns) plugin 3.4.6 for WordPress allows malicious users to gain remote control of other computers. By choosing formula code as his first or last name, an attacker can create a user with a name that contains malicious code. Other users might download this data as a CSV file and corrupt their PC by opening it in a tool such as Microsoft Excel. The attacker could gain remote access to the user's PC.

Affected products

AdminColumns Admin Columns: 3.4.6

References

https://www2.deloitte.com/de/de/pages/risk/articles/wordpress-csv-injection.html
https://www2.deloitte.com/de/de/pages/risk/articles/wordpress-csv-injection.html

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