CVE-2020-36962
CRITICALEPSS 95th pctlDescription
Tendenci 12.3.1 contains a CSV formula injection vulnerability in the contact form message field that allows attackers to inject malicious formulas during export. Attackers can submit crafted payloads like '=10+20+cmd|' /C calc'!A0' in the message field to trigger arbitrary command execution when the CSV is opened in spreadsheet applications.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-33256 | High | 8.8 | 79% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-11652 | Critical | 9.8 | 25% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-12765 | Critical | 9.8 | 10% | - | - |
| CVE-2019-14749 | High | 8.8 | 9.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-9372 | High | 7.8 | 8.6% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2020-9347 | Critical | 9.8 | 7.8% | - | - |
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