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CVE-2026-23873: CWE-1236: Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in zhblue hustoj

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-23873cvecve-2026-23873cwe-1236
Published: Wed Jan 21 2026 (01/21/2026, 23:26:21 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: zhblue
Product: hustoj

Description

hustoj is an open source online judge based on PHP/C++/MySQL/Linux for ACM/ICPC and NOIP training. All versions are vulnerable to CSV Injection (Formula Injection) through the contest rank export functionality (contestrank.xls.php and admin/ranklist_export.php). The application fails to sanitize user-supplied input (specifically the "Nickname" field) before exporting it to an .xls file (which renders as an HTML table but is opened by Excel). If a malicious user sets their nickname to an Excel formula when an administrator exports and opens the rank list in Microsoft Excel, the formula will be executed. This can lead to arbitrary command execution (RCE) on the administrator's machine or data exfiltration. A fix was not available at the time of publication.

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
GitHub_M
Date Reserved
2026-01-16T21:02:02.899Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 697162dc4623b1157cf42cb6

Added to database: 1/21/2026, 11:35:56 PM

Last updated: 1/21/2026, 11:37:12 PM

Views: 1

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