Cyber Posture

CVE-2024-21760

High

Published: 18 March 2025

Published
18 March 2025
Modified
24 July 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0028 51.5th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.

Security Summary

CVE-2024-21760 is a code injection vulnerability (CWE-94) affecting the FortiSOAR Connector in FortiSOAR versions 7.4, 7.3, 7.2, 7.0, and 6.4 across all releases. It stems from improper control of code generation, enabling an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host system through a playbook code snippet. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to its potential for complete system compromise.

An authenticated attacker with high privileges (PR:H) can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), though it requires user interaction (UI:R), such as triggering a malicious playbook snippet. Successful exploitation grants the attacker high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects across the affected scope (S:C), potentially leading to full remote code execution on the FortiSOAR host.

For mitigation details, refer to the Fortinet advisory at https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-23-420, which provides guidance on patches and workarounds for affected versions.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-94

Affected Products

fortinet
fortisoar
6.4.0 — 7.4.5

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
Why these techniques?

Code injection vulnerability enabling authenticated remote arbitrary code execution via playbook snippets in a network-accessible application, directly facilitating T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) and T1059 (Command and Scripting Interpreter).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

References