GHSA-h77m-qrj7-jxcw CVE-2026-54243
Statamic Vulnerable to CSV formula injection in form submission exports
- Severity
- 6.1 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.34%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 27.24% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
- Fix
6.20.1- Upgrade statamic/cms to this version or later
Description
Impact
Form submission values were not neutralized for spreadsheet formula characters when exported to CSV. A submission containing a value beginning with a formula trigger character (e.g. = , + , - , @ ) could be interpreted as a live formula when a Control Panel user opens the export in a spreadsheet application. Form submissions can come from unauthenticated front-end visitors, so the malicious value can be supplied by an anonymous user and is later triggered by an editor opening the export.
Exploitation affects the spreadsheet application used to open the export, not the Statamic application or server; the data at risk is the form submission data the exporting user is already authorized to view.
Patches
This has been fixed in 5.73.24 and 6.20.1.
Affected versions
Packagist
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| statamic/cms | >= 6.0.0, < 6.20.1 |
6.20.1 |
| statamic/cms | < 5.73.24 |
5.73.24 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
statamic/cms Packagist → 6.20.1
- composer
composer require statamic/cms:^6.20.1
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-1236: Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
The product saves user-provided information into a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as a command when the file is opened by a spreadsheet product.
How to prevent it
- Implementation: When generating CSV output, ensure that formula-sensitive metacharacters are effectively escaped or removed from all data before storage in the resultant CSV. Risky characters include '=' (equal), '+' (plus), '-' (minus), and '@' (at).
- Implementation: If a field starts with a formula character, prepend it with a ' (single apostrophe), which prevents Excel from executing the formula.
- Architecture and Design: Certain implementations of spreadsheet software might disallow formulas from executing if the file is untrusted, or if the file is not authored by the current user.
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Timeline
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| GHSA-225x-3jhx-wh4q Statamic: Missing authorization on Control Panel endpoint allows disclosure of user existence | Medium | Also affects statamic/cms |
| GHSA-jppw-r5j3-xf7x Statamic CMS exposes two-factor recovery codes through dynamic Antlers rendering | Medium | Also affects statamic/cms |
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