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CVE-2023-48709: iTop vulnerable to potential formula injection in Excel/CSV export file

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

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.

Affected products

• Combodo iTop: before 2.7.9; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.4; from 3.1.0 before 3.1.1 — fixed in 2.7.9, 3.0.4, 3.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Combodo iTop 2.7.9, 3.0.4, 3.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/commit/083a0b79bfa2c106735b5c10eddb35a05ec7f04a
• https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/commit/b10bcb976dfe8e55aa0f659bfbcdd18334a1b17c
• https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/security/advisories/GHSA-9q3x-9987-53x9
• https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/commit/083a0b79bfa2c106735b5c10eddb35a05ec7f04a
• https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/commit/b10bcb976dfe8e55aa0f659bfbcdd18334a1b17c
• https://github.com/Combodo/iTop/security/advisories/GHSA-9q3x-9987-53x9

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