{"id":"CVE-2018-20752","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-14T09:29:02.786505Z","published":"2019-02-04T21:29:00.580Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/issues/285/csv-injection-vulnerability-identified-in"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/commits/41e96fd58891439974fb0c920b349f8926c71d4c#chg-modules/reporting/csv.py"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20752.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.9.5"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}