CVE-2024-53260 affects Autolab, a course management service, allowing malicious users to embed spreadsheet formulas in their names. When an instructor downloads and opens a course roster, these formulas can execute, potentially exfiltrating student data to a remote endpoint. This is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction (opening the spreadsheet) for a high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and a fix is available in the source code repository.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:autolabproject:autolab:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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