Spreadsheet formula execution via unvalidated CSV fields
Published Nov 28, 2022 · Updated Apr 25, 2025
CSV injection in PI Web Solution’s PiWeb Export Customers Users & Guest customer to CSV for WooCommerce before 2.0.69 allows remote attackers to execute spreadsheet formulas via crafted customer fields. The exporter writes attacker-controlled customer data into CSV cells without neutralizing formula prefixes such as =, causing Excel or LibreOffice to evaluate the cells when an administrator opens the file. Exploitation requires a crafted order or profile value and an administrator or other spreadsheet user to open the exported file; impact is code execution in that spreadsheet application’s security context.
Summary
What happened
CSV injection in PI Web Solution’s PiWeb Export Customers Users & Guest customer to CSV for WooCommerce before 2.0.69 allows remote attackers to execute spreadsheet formulas via crafted customer fields. The exporter writes attacker-controlled customer data into CSV cells without neutralizing formula prefixes such as =, causing Excel or LibreOffice to evaluate the cells when an administrator opens the file. Exploitation requires a crafted order or profile value and an administrator or other spreadsheet user to open the exported file; impact is code execution in that spreadsheet application’s security context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3603
- Published
- Nov 28, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 25, 2025
- Vendor
- PI Web Solution
- Product
- PiWeb Export Customers Users & Guest customer to CSV for WooCommerce
- Classifications
- CWE-1236, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 28, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.0.69
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan CSV injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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