InjectionWeakness · CWE-74

CVE-2025-11279

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-05
Mitigation only
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was detected in Axosoft Scrum and Bug Tracking 22.1.1.11545. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Add Work Item Page. The manipulation of the argument Title results in csv injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

CSV injection vulnerability in the Add Work Item Page of Axosoft Scrum and Bug Tracking 22.1.11545 allows remote attackers to inject malicious spreadsheet formulas via the Title field. When exported to CSV, these formulas can execute arbitrary commands when users open the file in spreadsheet applications.

MitigationImplement strict input validation on the Title field to sanitize or reject formula characters (=, +, -, @, tab, CR) before CSV export, and prefix potentially dangerous values with a single quote or apply proper escaping.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Confirm Axosoft Scrum and Bug Tracking version
    Locate the installed version of Axosoft Scrum and Bug Tracking in the application About or System Information page, or check the software release notes or installation metadata
    Affected if The installed version is 22.1.11545 exactly, or falls within the 22.1.x release line prior to any patches for this issue
  2. Identify CSV export functionality
    Check if the Work Item export feature exists and is accessible via the Add Work Item Page or related work item list views, typically through an Export or Download as CSV option
    Affected if CSV export capability is present and exposed to users in the affected version
  3. Verify Title field accepts user input
    Access the Add Work Item Page and confirm the Title field accepts text input without server-side sanitization of formula characters
    Affected if The Title field accepts arbitrary input including formula characters (=, +, -, @, tab, CR) without validation or escaping
  4. Inspect CSV export output for unsanitized data
    Create a test work item with a Title starting with = (for example: =1+2), then export work items to CSV and open the resulting file in a spreadsheet application
    Affected if The CSV export contains raw formula characters in the Title field without escaping (such as prefixing with single quote) and the spreadsheet interprets the content as a formula

You are affected if you are running Axosoft Scrum and Bug Tracking version 22.1.11545 and users can export work items to CSV with unsanitized Title field content that could contain spreadsheet formulas.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement strict input validation on the Title field to sanitize or reject formula characters (=, +, -, @, tab, CR) before CSV export, and prefix potentially dangerous values with a single quote or apply proper escaping.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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