CVE-2023-48029 - Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

Severity

80%

Complexity

21%

Confidentiality

98%

Corebos 8.0 and below is vulnerable to CSV Injection. An attacker with low privileges can inject a malicious command into a table. This vulnerability is exploited when an administrator visits the user management section, exports the data to a CSV file, and then opens it, leading to the execution of the malicious payload on the administrator's computer.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Demo Examples

Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

CWE-1236

Hyperlinks or other commands can be executed when a cell begins with the formula identifier, '='


                    
=HYPERLINK(link_location, [friendly_name])

Stripping the leading equals sign, or simply not executing formulas from untrusted sources, impedes malicious activity.


                    
HYPERLINK(link_location, [friendly_name])

Overview

First reported 1 year ago

2023-11-17 13:15:00

Last updated 1 year ago

2023-11-25 02:29:00

Affected Software

coreBOS

References

https://gist.github.com/bugplorer/09d312373066a3b72996ebd76a7a23a5

https://nitipoom-jar.github.io/CVE-2023-48029/

https://gist.github.com/bugplorer/09d312373066a3b72996ebd76a7a23a5

Broken Link

https://nitipoom-jar.github.io/CVE-2023-48029/

Exploit

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