CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-40848

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-11-03 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-11-03
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-1236

Description

In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, exported CSV files could contain characters that a spreadsheet program could interpret as a command, leading to execution of a malicious string locally on a device, aka CSV injection.

Affected configurations

• mahara mahara (< 20.04.5) • mahara mahara (>= 20.10.0 < 20.10.3) • mahara mahara (>= 21.04.0 < 21.04.2) • mahara mahara 21.10.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File weakness

References