FKIE_CVE-2021-40848

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-03 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:07
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1930471Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8950Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1930471Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8950Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mahara mahara *
mahara mahara *
mahara mahara *
mahara mahara 21.10.0
mahara mahara 21.10.0
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