CVE-2021-43257

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    CVE-2021-43257

    Published: 14 Apr 2022Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Lack of Neutralization of Formula Elements in the CSV API of MantisBT before 2.25.3 allows an unprivileged attacker to execute code or gain access to information when a user opens the csv_export.php generated CSV file in Excel.

    References: https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/7f4534c723e3162b8784aebda4836324041dbc3e, https://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=29130

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -d9a7c99f50107eae081d7bf35a302b1590f14638

    Affected versions

    release-2.25.2
    release-2.25.1
    release-2.25.0

    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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