CVE-2021-40848

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    CVE-2021-40848

    Published: 3 Nov 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1930471, https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8950

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -84bc4a5c7030470a811a630b242066df098ec273

    Affected versions

    20.10.2_RELEASE
    20.10.1_RELEASE
    20.10.0_RELEASE

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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