Potential CSV Injection vector in OctoberCMS
Impact
Any users with the ability to modify any data that could eventually be exported as a CSV file from the ImportExportController could potentially introduce a CSV injection into the data to cause the generated CSV export file to be malicious. This requires attackers to achieve the following before a successful attack can be completed:
- Have found a vulnerability in the victim's spreadsheet software of choice.
- Control data that would potentially be exported through the
ImportExportControllerby a theoretical victim. - Convince the victim to export above data as a CSV and run it in vulnerable spreadsheet software while also bypassing any sanity checks by said software.
Patches
Issue has been patched in Build 466 (v1.0.466).
Workarounds
Apply https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/c84bf03f506052c848f2fddc05f24be631427a1a & https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/802d8c8e09a2b342649393edb6d3ceb958851484 to your installation manually if unable to upgrade to Build 466.
References
Reported by @chrisvidal initially & Sivanesh Ashok later.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Email us at hello@octobercms.com
Threat assessment:
Given the number of hoops that a potential attacker would have to jump through, this vulnerability really boils down to the possibility of abusing the trust that a user may have in the export functionality of the project. Thus, this has been rated low severity as it requires vulnerabilities to also exist in other software used by any potential victims as well as successful social engineering attacks.
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paquete de Composer | october/backend | >= 1.0.319, < 1.0.466 | 1.0.466 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-4rhm-m2fp-hx7q
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5299
- https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/c84bf03f506052c848f2fddc05f24be631427a1a
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/802d8c8e09a2b342649393edb6d3ceb958851484
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158730/October-CMS-Build-465-XSS-File-Read-File-Deletion-CSV-Injection.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/2
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-77- Plataforma
- Composer
- Paquete
october/backend- Publicada
- 03.06.2020
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4rhm-m2fp-hx7q - CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: october/backend
Todas las vulnerabilidades publicadas de este paquete (Paquete de Composer), de la más reciente a la más antigua. Muestra si es un fallo aislado o un paquete que hay que vigilar.
- Entradas en total
- 7
- Primera → última
- 06.2020 03.2021
- Sin corrección
- 0
- Explotada en ataques
- 0
Distribución por gravedad
- Media 2
- Baja 5
Divulgaciones por año
- 2020: 6
- 2021: 1
- 2022: 0
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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