# CVE-2024-53260: Course Roster vulnerable to CSV Injection in Autolab

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-27 · Updated: 2024-11-29

## Affected

- Autolab: through 3.0.2

## Description

Autolab is a course management service that enables auto-graded programming assignments. A user can modify their first and or last name to include a valid excel / spreadsheet formula. When an instructor downloads their course's roster and opens, this name will then be evaluated as a formula. This could lead to leakage of information of students in the course roster by sending the data to a remote endpoint. This issue has been patched in the source code repository and the fix is expected to be released in the next version. Users are advised to manually patch their systems or to wait for the next release. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Autolab, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/security/advisories/GHSA-cqxx-pfmh-h43g
- https://github.com/autolab/Autolab/commit/fe44b53815d37c63e751032205b692ccd5737620

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