Admin Messages CSV: defuse spreadsheet formula injection
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The sender name and message body are user-controlled; a leading =, +, -, @, tab or
CR in the CSV export would execute as a formula when a moderator opens it in a
spreadsheet. csvSafe() prefixes such values with a single quote. Unit-tested.
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Ilia Denisov
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package server
import "testing"
// TestCSVSafe checks the CSV/spreadsheet formula-injection guard used by the admin Messages
// export: a leading formula trigger is quoted, everything else is left intact.
func TestCSVSafe(t *testing.T) {
tests := []struct{ in, want string }{
{"", ""},
{"hello", "hello"},
{"=1+1", "'=1+1"},
{"+cmd", "'+cmd"},
{"-2", "'-2"},
{"@SUM(A1)", "'@SUM(A1)"},
{"\tx", "'\tx"},
{"\rx", "'\rx"},
{"good luck", "good luck"},
{"a=b", "a=b"}, // a formula char that is not leading must be left untouched
}
for _, tc := range tests {
if got := csvSafe(tc.in); got != tc.want {
t.Errorf("csvSafe(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.in, got, tc.want)
}
}
}