UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20752

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20752
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20752.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20752
Upstream
Published
2019-02-04T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:07Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / recon-ng

Package

Name
recon-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/recon-ng@4.9.2-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "recon-ng",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / recon-ng

Package

Name
recon-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/recon-ng@5.0.1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.0-1
5.0.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "recon-ng",
            "binary_version": "5.0.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / recon-ng

Package

Name
recon-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/recon-ng@5.1.2-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.1.1-3
5.1.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "recon-ng",
            "binary_version": "5.1.2-1"
        }
    ]
}