ubuntu-cve-2018-20752
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-02-04 21:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:47
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
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            "binary_version": "4.9.2-1"
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      },
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
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        ]
      },
      "package": {
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      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20752",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:47:19Z",
  "published": "2019-02-04T21:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20752"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/issues/285/csv-injection-vulnerability-identified-in"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/commits/41e96fd58891439974fb0c920b349f8926c71d4c#chg-modules/reporting/csv.py"
    },
    {
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-20752"
  ]
}



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