CVE-2020-36503
Connections Business Directory < 9.7 - Admin+ CSV Injection
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue
- Record
CVE-2020-36503- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Connections Business Directory < 9.7 - Admin+ CSV Injection
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue
- Record
CVE-2020-36503- Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-23989 No score
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue
- Record
EUVD-2020-23989- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cv8q-93v6-rxm5 No score
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some...
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue
- Record
GHSA-cv8q-93v6-rxm5- Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The Connections Business Directory WordPress plugin before 9.7 does not validate or sanitise some connections' fields, which could lead to a CSV injection issue
- Record
CVE-2020-36503- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-36503 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in Connections-pro Connections Business Directory, published November 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.25%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.