CVE-2021-40848

HIGH

Mahara < 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, 21.10.0 - CSV Injection via Exported CSV Files

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1930471

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0096
EPSS Percentile 56.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-1236
Status published
Products (2)
mahara/mahara 21.10.0 rc1 (2 CPE variants)
mahara/mahara < 20.04.5
Published Nov 03, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026