Fortinet Discovers WordPress Events Manager Plugin CSV Injection Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a CSV / Macro Injection vulnerability in the WordPress Events Manager plugin.


Events Manager is a full-featured event registration plugin for WordPress based on the principles of flexibility, reliability and powerful features. The plugin has over 100,000+ active installations and offers a PRO version with extended support.


A CSV Injection vulnerability was discovered in Events Manager Plugin version 5.9.7.1. It allows an unauthenticated or a low privileged user to inject OS command that will be included in the exported CSV file, leading to possible command/code execution.


Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

WordPress.Plugin.Events.Manager.CSV.Injection
Released Feb 05, 2020

Update the plugin to  the latest version - EVENTS MANAGER 5.9.7.2 & PRO 2.6.7.2.


Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to WP Events Plugin Team on February 04, 2020.

WP Events Plugin team confirmed the vulnerability on  February 04, 2020.

WP Events Plugin team patched the vulnerability on  February 05, 2020.

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Vishnupriya Ilango of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

IPS Subscription

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability with the appropriate configuration parameters in place. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.