CVE-2022-4368 — The WP CSV WordPress plugin through 1

The WP CSV WordPress plugin through 1.8.0.0 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page when importing a CSV, and doe snot have CSRF checks in place as well, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

01What is this vulnerability?

The WP CSV WordPress plugin through 1.8.0.0 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page when importing a CSV, and doe snot have CSRF checks in place as well, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	WP CSV	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-09T22:13:44.939Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-09T18:31:59.239Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa7e2b64-ca48-4b76-a2c2-f5e31e42eab7