# CVE-2022-0360: WP Ultimate CSV Importer < 6.4.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via imported comments, leading to stored cross-site scripting attacks in the WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xc3c-6399-cmgj

## What is CVE-2022-0360?

CVE-2022-0360 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Drag And drop All Import : WP Ultimate CSV Importer, published on 28 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Easy Drag And drop All Import : WP Ultimate CSV Importer WordPress plugin before 6.4.3 does not sanitise and escaped imported comments, which could allow high privilege users to import malicious ones (either intentionnaly or not) and lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0360?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Smackcoders Import All Pages\, Post Types\, Products\, Orders\, and Users as Xml \& Csv.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0360?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0360 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0360 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Easy Drag And drop All Import : WP Ultimate CSV Importer

- [CVE-2018-20967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20967/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-3243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3243/): Import all XML, CSV & TXT into WordPress < 6.5.8 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-1977](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1977/): WP Ultimate CSV Importer < 6.5.3 - Admin+ Blind SSRF (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2015-9306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-9306/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2015-10125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-10125/): WP Ultimate CSV Importer Plugin cross-site request forgery (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0360 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0360 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Drag And drop All Import : WP Ultimate CSV Importer, published on 28 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0360 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Easy Drag And drop All Import : WP Ultimate CSV Importer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0360/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0360/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0360
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0360
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0360

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0360/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.