CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in creating new…
Priority LOW 36CWE-1236Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in creating new timesheet in Kimai. By filling the Description field with malicious payload, it will be mistreated while exporting to a CSV file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01014 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed kevinpapst/kimai2 (Packagist): 1.14.1
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | kevinpapst/kimai2 (Packagist) | before 1.14.1 | 1.14.1 | Patch available | GHSA-64fq-9c6w-rq44 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- kevinpapst/kimai2 (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.14.1 Fixed in 1.14.1 Patch available GHSA-64fq-9c6w-rq44
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-64fq-9c6w-rq44 kevinpapst/kimai2 (Packagist) Fixed in 1.14.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43515
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-64fq-9c6w-rq44
References
More Kimai vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-30240 Kimai 1.30.10 SameSite Cookie Vulnerability Session Hijacking CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2026-22900 Kimai: API invoice endpoint missing customer-level access control (IDOR) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-30580 Kimai: Formula Injection via tag names in XLSX export CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-29230 Kimai: Stored XSS via Incomplete HTML Attribute Escaping in Team Member Widget CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2019-15371 Kimai 2- persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2026-29237 Kimai's User Preferences API allows standard users to modify restricted attributes: hourly_rate, internal_rate CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-43515 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-43515 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-64fq-9c6w-rq44 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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