CVE-2018-20752
Lack of validation in the modules/reporting/csv.py file allows CSV injection.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Recon-ng before 4.9.5. Lack of validation in the modules/reporting/csv.py file allows CSV injection. More specifically, when a Twitter user possesses an Excel macro for a username, it will not be properly sanitized when exported to a CSV file. This can result in remote code execution for the attacker.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.43% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Affected
- recon-ng project/recon-ng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/commits/41e96fd58891439974fb0c920b349f8926c71d4c#chg-modules/reporting/csv.pyPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/issues/285/csv-injection-vulnerability-identified-inThird Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/commits/41e96fd58891439974fb0c920b349f8926c71d4c#chg-modules/reporting/csv.pyPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/issues/285/csv-injection-vulnerability-identified-inThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.