CVE-2021-43515

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.01% (63rd) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in creating new timesheet in Kimai. By filling the Description field with malicious payload, it will be mistreated while exporting to a CSV file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1236USprimaryCWE-1236US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
kimai kimai< 1.14.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kimai:kimai:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Packagist kevinpapst/kimai2< 1.14.1osvUSpkg:composer/kevinpapst/kimai2

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-64fq-9c6w-rq44Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in Kimai 22022-04-09ghsa · osvUS
A CSV Injection vulnerablity exists in Kimai Kimai 2 prior to 1.14.1 via a description in a new timesheet.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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