Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-29918

Rosariosis 10.8.4

Public PoC
Published
02 May 2023
Modified
30 January 2025
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.022 81th percentile
Risk Priority 49 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-29918 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File (CWE-1236) vulnerability in Rosariosis Rosariosis. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique User Execution (T1204); ranked in the top 19% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

RosarioSIS version 10.8.4 contains a CSV injection vulnerability (CWE-1236) in the Periods Module. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4 with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating a network-reachable issue that requires low-privileged authentication and some user interaction to produce limited confidentiality and integrity effects across a security boundary.

An authenticated attacker with access to the Periods Module can supply specially crafted data that is later exported as CSV. When a victim opens the resulting file in a spreadsheet application, the injected formulas or payloads execute in the victim's context, enabling the attacker to read or modify limited local resources without further privileges on the RosarioSIS server.

Public references consist of a shared technical document describing the issue, but no vendor advisory, patch release, or explicit mitigation steps are provided in the available references. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a current value of 0.0583 and a peak of 0.0673.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

RosarioSIS 10.8.4 is vulnerable to CSV injection via the Periods Module.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1204 User Execution Execution
An adversary may rely upon specific actions by a user in order to gain execution.
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution.
T1566 Phishing Initial Access
Adversaries may send phishing messages to gain access to victim systems.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

rosariosis
rosariosis
10.8.4

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.10

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require output neutralization for untrusted CSV content to block formula injection.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing in development can detect formula injection but does not itself implement the mitigation.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevents formula injection in CSV exports.

prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe CSV generation and handling of untrusted data.

prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage safe data export design but do not specifically address CSV formula neutralization.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly require neutralization of special characters when writing CSV files.

References