CVE-2021-40848

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40848
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-40848.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-40848
Published
2021-11-03T11:15:08Z
Modified
2026-10-24T10:30:55Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:21.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:21.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "21.10.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "21.10.0-rc1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "21.10.0-rc2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected":  "21.10.0-rc2"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product":  "mahara:mahara"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/maharaproject/mahara

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/maharaproject/mahara
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
84bc4a5c7030470a811a630b242066df098ec273
Introduced
baa466e351a72541cd7a28d6eb982a1fbc7a428c
Fixed
d294a69446e795dcbddf4e4929d597968bbdc4ef
Introduced
359597b32c7afe52339422a91f14256e17b33dfc
Fixed
0c3426bf91635a3e33c4cda993af52318e123d9a
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "20.04.5"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "20.10.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "20.10.3"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "21.04.0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "21.04.2"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0ALPHA1_RELEASE
1.0.0ALPHA2_RELEASE
1.0.0BETA2_RELEASE
1.1.0ALPHA1_RELEASE
1.1.0ALPHA2_RELEASE
1.1.0ALPHA3_RELEASE
1.1.0BETA2_RELEASE
1.1.0BETA4_RELEASE
1.2.0ALPHA2_RELEASE
1.2.0ALPHA3_RELEASE
1.3.0BETA1_RELEASE
1.3.0BETA2_RELEASE
1.4.0ALPHA1_RELEASE
1.7RC1_RELEASE
1.8RC1_RELEASE
1.8RC2_RELEASE
20.*
20.04.0_RELEASE
20.04.1_RELEASE
20.04.2_RELEASE
20.04.3_RELEASE
20.04.4_RELEASE
20.04RC1_RELEASE
20.04RC2_RELEASE
20.10.0_RELEASE
20.10.1_RELEASE
20.10.2_RELEASE
21.*
21.04.0_RELEASE
21.04.1_RELEASE

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-40848.json"