TI-2020-18743 Aliases CVE-2020-36503 GHSA-cv8q-93v6-rxm5

Connections Business Directory < 9.7 - Admin+ CSV Injection

LOW 37CWE-1236Published 2021-11-01 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01247 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Connections Business Directory (Unknown): 9.7

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Connections Business Directory	9.7 to before 9.7	9.7	Patch available	CNA

Connections Business Directory VendorUnknown Affected 9.7 to before 9.7 Fixed in 9.7 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:connections-pro:connections_business_directory::::::wordpress::*	0.7.3.2 – 9.6	Vulnerable	Connections-pro

cpe:2.3:a:connections-pro:connections_business_directory:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 0.7.3.2 – 9.6 Vulnerable ·Connections-pro

Remediation

Fix · CNA Connections Business Directory (Unknown) Fixed in 9.7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36503
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cv8q-93v6-rxm5

References

Exploit 2

TI-2023-13817 WordPress Connections Business Directory Plugin <= 10.4.36 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2021-07076 Connections Business Directory < 10.4.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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