CVE-2021-25960
CWE-1236Published: September 29, 2021· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
In “SuiteCRM” application, v7.11.18 through v7.11.19 and v7.10.29 through v7.10.31 are affected by “CSV Injection” vulnerability (Formula Injection). A low privileged attacker can use accounts module to inject payloads in the input fields. When an administrator access accounts module to export the data as a CSV file and opens it, the payload gets executed. This was not fixed properly as part of CVE-2020-15301, allowing the attacker to bypass the security measure.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2021-25960 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.0.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2021-25960 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts