Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in Serializer - CVE-2021-41270

 

Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in Serializer - CVE-2021-41270

Published: November 25, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU58371
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41270
CWE-ID: CWE-1236
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromsie the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper neutralization of formula elements in a CSV File. A remote authenticated attacker can inject formulas into the tag data.


Affected software

Serializer
Symfony
Fedora
php-symfony4

How to mitigate CVE-2021-41270

Install updates from vendor's website.

Serializer - addressed in versions 4.4.35, 5.3.12
Symfony - update to 4.4.35
php-symfony4 - addressed in versions 4.4.35-1.fc34, 4.4.35-1.fc35

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