Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40848

High

Published: 03 November 2021

Published
03 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0045 64.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40848 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File (CWE-1236) vulnerability in Mahara Mahara. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-1236

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mahara
mahara
21.10.0 · ≤ 20.04.5 · 20.10.0 — 20.10.3 · 21.04.0 — 21.04.2

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References