CVE-2018-9137

MEDIUM

open-audit < 2.1 - CSV Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-9137. PoCs published by Sureshbabu Narvaneni.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a CSV Macro Injection vulnerability in Open-AudIT 2.1, where a malicious formula can be injected into a CSV export field, leading to arbitrary command execution when the file is opened in Excel. The PoC demonstrates this by injecting a formula that launches the calculator.

Description

Open-AudIT before 2.2 has CSV Injection.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Sureshbabu Narvaneni · textwebappswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44511

The exploit describes a CSV Macro Injection vulnerability in Open-AudIT 2.1, where a malicious formula can be injected into a CSV export field, leading to arbitrary command execution when the file is opened in Excel. The PoC demonstrates this by injecting a formula that launches the calculator.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Open-AudIT 2.1
Auth required
Prerequisites: Valid credentials to log in and create an entry with the malicious formula
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44511/

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0288
EPSS Percentile 85.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-1236
Status published
Products (1)
open-audit/open-audit < 2.1
Published Apr 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026