iTop vulnerable to potential formula injection in Excel/CSV export file

published 2024-04-15 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-52746

cvss: 8.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits: 0; none known

iTop is an IT service management platform. When exporting data from backoffice or portal in CSV or Excel files, users' inputs may include malicious formulas that may be imported into Excel. As Excel 2016 does **not** prevent Remote Code Execution by default, uninformed users may become victims. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.9, 3.0.4, 3.1.1, and 3.2.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

combodo itop 2.7.9, 3.0.4, 3.1.1

github.com/Combodo/iTop@083a0b7 commit
github.com/Combodo/iTop@b10bcb9 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-17)

Exploit prediction

0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Combodo iTop

Classification

Weakness

CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-48709
NVD CVE-2023-48709

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Summary