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CVE-2024-45292GHSA-R8W8-74WW-J4WH

PhpSpreadsheet HTML writer is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via JavaScript hyperlinks

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.29.2, 2.1.1, 2.3.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. `\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html` does not sanitize "javascript:" URLs from hyperlink `href` attributes, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in release versions 1.29.2, 2.1.1, and 2.3.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet

    fixed in 1.29.2; From 2.0.0 · fixed in 2.1.1; From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0

  • phpoffice/phpspreadsheetPackagist

    From 2.2.0 · fixed in 2.3.0

  • phpoffice/phpspreadsheetPackagist

    fixed in 1.29.2

  • phpoffice/phpspreadsheetPackagist

    From 2.0.0 · fixed in 2.1.1

  • phpoffice/phpexcelPackagist

    through 1.8.2

References 1

GitHub · PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet