CSV injection in SureForms
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
CSV export functionality in Brainstorm Force SureForms version, <= 2.12.1, fails to neutralize spreadsheet formula characters in user-controlled form field names before generating CSV exports, which allows a remote attacker to execute spreadsheet formulas on an administrator's workstation when the exported CSV file is opened in a vulnerable spreadsheet application.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-19501
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwh8-67c4-8cgg
More SureForms vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-15875 SureForms contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-19501 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-19501 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fwh8-67c4-8cgg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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