# CVE-2022-3026: WP Users Exporter <= 1.4.2 - CSV Injection

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious formulas into user profiles, leading to code execution when administrators export and open the CSV file.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8r6q-2xj9-wv7v

## What is CVE-2022-3026?

CVE-2022-3026 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in leogermani WP Users Exporter, published on 6 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The WP Users Exporter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 via the 'Export Users' functionality. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, such as a subscriber, to add untrusted input into profile information like First Names that will embed into the exported CSV file triggered by an administrator and can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.

Weakness: CWE-1236 (Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3026?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp-Users-Exporter Project Wp-Users-Exporter.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3026?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3026 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3026 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3026 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3026 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in leogermani WP Users Exporter, published on 6 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3026 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: leogermani WP Users Exporter. 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-2022-3026/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3026/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3026
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3026
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3026

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3026/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.