CVE-2018-20752
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3.4% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.43% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-1236 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-02-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| recon-ng project | recon-ng |
References
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/commits/41e96fd58891439974fb0c920b349f8926c71d4c#chg-modules/reporting/csv.py
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/issues/285/csv-injection-vulnerability-identified-in
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/commits/41e96fd58891439974fb0c920b349f8926c71d4c#chg-modules/reporting/csv.py
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/issues/285/csv-injection-vulnerability-identified-in
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