CVE-2024-47873

HIGH

PhpSpreadsheet <1.9.4, <2.1.3, <2.3.2, <3.4.0 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

PhpSpreadsheet is a PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. The XmlScanner class has a scan method which should prevent XXE attacks. However, prior to versions 1.9.4, 2.1.3, 2.3.2, and 3.4.0, the regexes used in the `scan` method and the findCharSet method can be bypassed by using UCS-4 and encoding guessing. An attacker can bypass the sanitizer and achieve an XML external entity attack. Versions 1.9.4, 2.1.3, 2.3.2, and 3.4.0 fix the issue.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 38.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-611
Status published
Products (3)
phpoffice/phpexcel 0Packagist
phpoffice/phpspreadsheet < 1.29.4
phpoffice/phpspreadsheet 0 - 1.29.4Packagist
Published Nov 18, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026