Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-54021

Fortinet Fortios 7.2.0 – 7.2.9

Published
14 January 2025
Modified
08 August 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0078 53th percentile
Risk Priority 52 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-54021 is a medium-severity HTTP Request/Response Splitting (CWE-113) vulnerability in Fortinet Fortios. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Content Injection (T1659); ranked in the top 47% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('http response splitting') vulnerability [CWE-113] in Fortinet FortiOS 7.2.0 through 7.6.0, FortiProxy 7.2.0 through 7.4.5 may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass the file filter via crafted HTTP headers.

CWE(s)
CWE-113

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1659 Content Injection Initial Access
Adversaries may gain access and continuously communicate with victims by injecting malicious content into systems through online network traffic.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

fortinet
fortiproxy
7.2.0 — 7.2.12 · 7.4.0 — 7.4.6
fortinet
fortios
7.6.0 · 7.2.0 — 7.2.9 · 7.4.0 — 7.4.5

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)
  • V3.4.2
  • V4.1.3
  • V1.3.6
  • V4.2.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation stops unneutralized CR/LF characters from being accepted and later emitted in HTTP headers.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match

Output filtering can neutralize CRLF sequences before they reach HTTP response headers.

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 input sanitization and header handling that prevent CRLF 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 and acceptance can detect CRLF injection flaws before deployment.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle mandates input validation and output encoding that directly prevents CRLF injection into HTTP headers.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements explicitly call for controls against injection flaws including HTTP header manipulation.

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

Secure architecture principles reduce the likelihood of header-splitting vulnerabilities through proper component isolation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards require neutralization of CRLF sequences before inclusion in HTTP headers.

A.8.15 Logging none match
none

Logging of HTTP traffic can record header-splitting attempts, aiding detection and forensics.

References