🛡️ CVE-2022-29315 — acunetix

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-1236 NVD
8.8
CVSS Score
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Description

Invicti Acunetix before 14 allows CSV injection via the Description field on the Add Targets page, if the Export CSV feature is used.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-29315 is classified as CWE-1236: Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. Exported values are not neutralised, so a spreadsheet may treat them as formulas when opened.

Affected software

CVE-2022-29315 is recorded against 1 package.

  • acunetix (fixed in 14)

Timeline and source

Published on 19 April 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-1236
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-04-19
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
acunetix — 14

Exploit Protection

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