# CVE-2024-42485: Filament Excel Vulnerable to Path Traversal Attack on Export Download Endpoint

- Also known as: GHSA-M3PX-VJXR-FX4M
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.3, 1.1.14
- Published: 2024-08-12 · Updated: 2024-09-18

## Affected

- pxlrbt filament-excel: from 2.0.0-alpha, fixed in 2.3.3; fixed in 1.1.14
- pxlrbt/filament-excel (Packagist): from 2.0.0-alpha, fixed in 2.3.3
- pxlrbt/filament-excel (Packagist): fixed in 1.1.14

## Description

Filament Excel enables excel export for Filament admin resources. The export download route `/filament-excel/{path}` allowed downloading any file without login when the webserver allows `../` in the URL. Patched with Version v2.3.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pxlrbt filament-excel, pxlrbt/filament-excel, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.3, 1.1.14) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pxlrbt/filament-excel/security/advisories/GHSA-m3px-vjxr-fx4m
- https://github.com/pxlrbt/filament-excel/commit/bda42891a4b0c15d5dab5da8c53a006ddadccfb7

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