CVE-2025-8767 AnWP Football Leagues <= 0.16.17 - Authenticated (Administrator+) CSV Injection
Administrators can inject malicious formulas into exported CSV files, leading to code execution when opened locally.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8767?
CVE-2025-8767 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in anwppro AnWP Football Leagues, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The AnWP Football Leagues plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in all versions up to, and including, 0.16.17 via the 'download_csv_players' and 'download_csv_games' functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, 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-2025-8767?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8767?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8767 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-2025-8767 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8767 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-57x8-gcv2-wr5x.