AnWP Football Leagues Plugin up to 0.16.17 on WordPress download_csv_players csv injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in AnWP Football Leagues Plugin up to 0.16.17 on WordPress. Affected is the function download_csv_players. Executing a manipulation can lead to csv injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-8767. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in AnWP Football Leagues Plugin up to 0.16.17 on WordPress and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function download_csv_players. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a csv injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1236. The product saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as a command when the file is opened by a spreadsheet product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The AnWP Football Leagues plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in all versions up to, and including, 0.16.17 via the 'download_csv_players' and 'download_csv_games' functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to embed untrusted input into exported CSV files, which can result in code execution when these files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-8767. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/12/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-24227). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

Name

• AnWP Football Leagues Plugin

Version

• 0.16.0
• 0.16.1
• 0.16.2
• 0.16.3
• 0.16.4
• 0.16.5
• 0.16.6
• 0.16.7
• 0.16.8
• 0.16.9
• 0.16.10
• 0.16.11
• 0.16.12
• 0.16.13
• 0.16.14
• 0.16.15
• 0.16.16
• 0.16.17

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