PT-2020-19866 · Auth0 · Login By Auth0 Plugin For Wordpress

Muhamad Visat · Published 2020-04-01 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-7947

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Login by Auth0 plugin for WordPress versions prior to 4.0.0

Description The issue arises from the plugin's failure to sanitize and validate data from various sources before exporting user data. This oversight can lead to CSV injection attacks if a maliciously crafted Excel document is uploaded.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0.0, update to version 4.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the upload of Excel documents or implementing additional validation and sanitization of user data before export.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1236

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-7947

GHSA-59VF-CGFW-6H6V

Affected Products

Login By Auth0 Plugin For Wordpress

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7947 · Security Note
• https://auth0.com/docs/cms/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7947 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/auth0/wp-auth0/security/advisories/GHSA-59vf-cgfw-6h6v · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2314 · Telegram Post
• https://auth0.com/docs/security/bulletins/2020-03-31_wpauth0 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/auth0/#developers · Note