Tenable Tenable.sc Formula injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tenable Tenable.sc. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Formula Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-24493. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Tenable Tenable.sc (unknown version). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Formula Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A formula injection vulnerability exists in Tenable.sc due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated attacker could leverage the reporting system to export reports containing formulas, which would then require a victim to approve and execute on a host.

The weakness was presented 01/27/2023. The advisory is shared at tenable.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-24493 since 01/24/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-28511). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/24/2023 🔍
01/27/2023 +3 days 🔍
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10/21/2025 +998 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-24493 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-24493
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219413
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2023 09:38
Updated: 10/21/2025 07:35
Changes: 01/27/2023 09:38 (37), 02/20/2023 08:17 (11), 04/02/2025 00:28 (16), 10/21/2025 07:35 (1)
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