# CVE-2022-3558: Import and export users and customers < 1.20.5 - Subscriber+ CSV Injection

> A CSV injection vulnerability in a WordPress plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands when exported data is opened in spreadsheet software.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 7 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 1 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hjc7-grqv-7x6q

## What is CVE-2022-3558?

CVE-2022-3558 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Import and export users and customers, published on 7 Nov 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 Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 1.20.5 does not properly escape data when exporting it via CSV files.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3558?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codection Import and Export Users and Customers.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3558?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3558 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3558 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3558 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Import and export users and customers

- [CVE-2020-22277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22277/): Other in n/a (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2023-6583](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6583/): Path traversal in Import and export users and customers (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2024-22151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22151/): WordPress Import and export users and customers plugin <= 1.24.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-6624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6624/): Cross-site scripting in Import and export users and customers (medium 4.9)
- [CVE-2022-1255](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1255/): Import and export users and customers < 1.19.2.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3558 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3558 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Import and export users and customers, published on 7 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3558 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Import and export users and customers. 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-2022-3558/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3558/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3558
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3558
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3558

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3558/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.