# CVE-2018-20752: An issue was discovered in Recon-ng before 4.9.5.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-02-04 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/issues/285/csv-injection-vulnerability-identified-in
- https://bitbucket.org/LaNMaSteR53/recon-ng/commits/41e96fd58891439974fb0c920b349f8926c71d4c#chg-modules/reporting/csv.py

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