CVE-2025-67851 (GCVE-0-2025-67851)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-03 10:52
Modified
2026-02-03 17:02
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-1236 - Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
Summary
A flaw was found in moodle. This formula injection vulnerability occurs when data fields are exported without proper escaping. A remote attacker could exploit this by providing malicious data that, when exported and opened in a spreadsheet, allows arbitrary formulas to execute. This can lead to compromised data integrity and unintended operations within the spreadsheet.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Version: 4.1.0   ≤
Version: 4.4.0   ≤
Version: 4.5.0   ≤
Version: 5.0.0   ≤
Version: 5.1.0   ≤
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