High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-43515
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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