What is CVE-2019-12134?

CVE-2019-12134 is a high-severity vulnerability in Workday, classified under Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-12134?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Workday

CVE-2019-12134

CSV Injection (aka Excel Macro Injection or Formula Injection) exists in the export feature in Workday through 32 via a value (provided by a low-privileged user in a contact form field) that is mishandled in a CSV export.

Published 2019-06-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Workday

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1236 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

References

sinfosec757.blogspot.com/2019/06/exploit-title-workday-32-csv-injection.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12134?: CVE-2019-12134 is a high-severity vulnerability in Workday, classified under Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-12134?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.