CVE-2024-3214 Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.22.1 - Unauthenticated Second Order CSV Injection

Medium 5.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious formulas into CSV exports, leading to code execution when opened in vulnerable spreadsheet applications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-3214?

CVE-2024-3214 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Relevanssi Premium, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in all versions up to, and including, 4.22.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to embed untrusted input into exported CSV files, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.

Weakness: CWE-1236

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3214?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Relevanssi Relevanssi.

How do I fix CVE-2024-3214?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3214 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2024-3214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q3q6-3x37-g8gw.

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