CVE-2018-20752 is a critical CSV injection vulnerability affecting Recon-ng versions prior to 4.9.5. This flaw, specifically in the modules/reporting/csv.py file, allows an attacker to embed malicious Excel macros in Twitter usernames, leading to remote code execution when exported to a CSV file. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, posing a significant risk of complete compromise. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:recon-ng_project:recon-ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.