Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-28764

Ibm Websphere Automation 1.7.0

Published
01 May 2024
Modified
11 April 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0025 16th percentile
Risk Priority 47 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2024-28764 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File (CWE-1236) vulnerability in Ibm Websphere Automation. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique User Execution (T1204); ranked at the 16th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-15 (Information Output Filtering) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM WebSphere Automation 1.7.0 could allow an attacker with privileged access to the network to conduct a CSV injection. An attacker could execute arbitrary commands on the system, caused by improper validation of csv file contents. IBM X-Force ID: 285623.

CWE(s)
CWE-1236

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

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Affected Assets

ibm
websphere automation
1.7.0

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match

Output filtering/validation directly stops unneutralized formula elements from being written into CSV files.

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.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

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

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

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

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

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

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

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

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

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

References