CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in the export feature in the Acyba AcySMS extension before 3.5.1 for…

published 2018-03-28 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-20709

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 6.4%; EPSS 6.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in the export feature in the Acyba AcySMS extension before 3.5.1 for Joomla! via a value that is mishandled in a CSV export.

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Timeline

2018-03-28 Published
2018-03-30 First public exploit (EDB-44370)

Exploit prediction

6.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-44370 Joomla! Component AcySMS 3.5.0 - CSV Macro Injection webapps, 2018-03-30

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/44370/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
acyba.com /acysms/change-log.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-9106
NVD CVE-2018-9106

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