Description
An issue was discovered in Recon-ng before 4.9.5. Lack of validation in the modules/reporting/csv.py file allows CSV injection. More specifically, when a Twitter user possesses an Excel macro for a username, it will not be properly sanitized when exported to a CSV file. This can result in remote code execution for the attacker.
Published: 2019-02-04
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 2.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-13295 An issue was discovered in Recon-ng before 4.9.5. Lack of validation in the modules/reporting/csv.py file allows CSV injection. More specifically, when a Twitter user possesses an Excel macro for a username, it will not be properly sanitized when exported to a CSV file. This can result in remote code execution for the attacker.
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Recon-ng Project Recon-ng
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.533Z

Reserved: 2019-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20752

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-02-04T21:29:00.580

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:02:05.850

Link: CVE-2018-20752

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