High

Keystone is vulnerable to CSV injection

  • Disclosed: 16.11.2017
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in admin/server/api/download.js and lib/list/getCSVData.js in KeystoneJS before 4.0.0-beta.7 via a value that is mishandled in a CSV export.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package keystone < 4.0.0-beta7 4.0.0-beta7

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
Platform
npm
Package
keystone
Disclosed
16.11.2017
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-6494-v9fq-fgq2 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: keystone

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
5
First → latest
11.2017 06.2018
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 3
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2017: 4
  2. 2018: 1
  3. 2019: 0
  4. 2020: 0
  5. 2021: 0
  6. 2022: 0
  7. 2023: 0
  8. 2024: 0
  9. 2025: 0
  10. 2026: 0
  1. High · 7.5 CVE-2015-9240 < 0.3.16 0.3.16
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2017-16570 < 4.0.0-beta.7 4.0.0-beta.7
  3. Medium · 4.8 CVE-2017-15881 < 4.0.0-beta7 4.0.0-beta7
  4. Keystone is vulnerable to CSV injection this entry
    High · 8.8 CVE-2017-15879 < 4.0.0-beta7 4.0.0-beta7
  5. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2017-15878 < 4.0.0 4.0.0

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