CVE-2024-48917

HIGH

Phpoffice Phpspreadsheet < 1.29.4 - XXE

Title source: rule
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, in a bypass of the previously reported `CVE-2024-47873`, the regexes from the `findCharSet` method, which is used for determining the current encoding can be bypassed by using a payload in the encoding UTF-7, and adding at end of the file a comment with the value `encoding="UTF-8"` with `"`, which is matched by the first regex, so that `encoding='UTF-7'` with single quotes `'` in the XML header is not matched by the second regex. 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 none
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