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Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in Gradio Flagging

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 17, 2022 in gradio-app/gradio • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

pip gradio (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.8.11

Patched versions

2.8.11

Description

Impact

The gradio library has a flagging functionality which saves input/output data into a CSV file on the developer's computer. This can allow a user to save arbitrary text into the CSV file, such as commands. If a program like MS Excel opens such a file, then it automatically runs these commands, which could lead to arbitrary commands running on the user's computer.

Patches

The problem has been patched as of 2.8.11, which escapes the data saved to the csv with single quotes.

Workarounds

If you are using an older version of gradio, don't open csv files generated by gradio with Excel or similar spreadsheet programs.

References

@abidlabs abidlabs published to gradio-app/gradio Mar 17, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 17, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 18, 2022
Reviewed Mar 18, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.273%
(69th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-24770

GHSA ID

GHSA-f8xq-q7px-wg8c

Source code

Credits

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