Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40848
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1930471 x_refsource_MISC
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8950 x_refsource_MISC