CVE-2023-5424 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WS Form LITE plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.9.217. This allows 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02493.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Westguardsolutions Subscribe	Ws Form Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:westguardsolutions:ws_form:::::lite:wordpress::
	cpe:2.3:a:westguardsolutions:ws_form:::::pro:wordpress::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57739	The WS Form LITE plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.9.217. This allows 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3098265%40ws-form&new=3098265%40ws-form&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://wsform.com/changelog/?utm_source=wp_plugins&utm_medium=readme
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/38ccaa81-77ec-46f2-9bec-d74fa2e093f3?source=cve

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01191}`	epss `{'score': 0.01851}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-06-07T09:33:35.882Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.535Z

Reserved: 2023-10-05T12:15:52.704Z

Link: CVE-2023-5424

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.535Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-07T10:15:10.150

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:41:44.653

Link: CVE-2023-5424

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-1236

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