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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-43515

CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in creating new timesheet in Kimai. By filling the Description field with malicious payload, it will be mistreated while exporting to a CSV file.

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CVE-2021-43515
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31 Oct 2026, 11:21 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-43515

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Apr 2022, 17:15 UTC

CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in creating new timesheet in Kimai. By filling the Description field with malicious payload, it will be mistreated while exporting to a CSV file.

osv:CVE-2021-43515
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43515",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-43515",
    "summary": "CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in creating new timesheet in Kimai. By filling the Description field with malicious payload, it will be mistreated while exporting to a CSV file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-43515",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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        "GHSA-64fq-9c6w-rq44"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "dad1b8b772947f1596175add1b4f33b791705507"
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              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kimai:kimai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "fixed": "1.14.1"
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                  },
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                    "range": [
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "1.13",
            "1.12",
            "1.11.1",
            "1.11",
            "1.10.2",
            "1.10.1",
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            "1.8",
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            "1.6.2",
            "1.6.1",
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            "0.4",
            "0.3",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:07.734133070Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/kevinpapst/kimai2/commit/dad1b8b772947f1596175add1b4f33b791705507#diff-6774f5865dbaf8bc6c55b75bd92e6f9950ebe7834aa2efd828a19fd637e667cf"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-43515",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384884,
  "published_at": "2022-04-08T17:15:08.563+00:00"
}