CVE-2024-47572
Fortinet Fortisoar 7.2.1 – 7.2.2
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-47572 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File (CWE-1236) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortisoar. Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique User Execution (T1204); ranked at the 45th 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.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-47572 is a vulnerability involving improper neutralization of formula elements in a CSV file within Fortinet FortiSOAR versions 7.2.1 through 7.4.1. This issue, linked to CWE-1236, enables an attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands by manipulating a CSV file. Published on 2025-01-14, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), reflecting its critical severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and high potential impacts.
An attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability remotely by crafting a malicious CSV file that requires user interaction, such as opening or processing it within FortiSOAR. Upon successful exploitation, the attacker achieves high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts across the affected system's scope, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution and full compromise of the FortiSOAR instance.
The Fortinet advisory at https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-24-210 provides details on mitigation and patches for this vulnerability.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-42865
Vulnerability Data
An improper neutralization of formula elements in a csv file in Fortinet FortiSOAR 7.2.1 through 7.4.1 allows attacker to execute unauthorized code or commands via manipulating csv file
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V1.2.10
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
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.
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.
Security testing in development can detect formula injection but does not itself implement the mitigation.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevents formula injection in CSV exports.
Application security requirements include rules for safe CSV generation and handling of untrusted data.
Secure architecture principles encourage safe data export design but do not specifically address CSV formula neutralization.
Secure coding standards explicitly require neutralization of special characters when writing CSV files.