CVE-2024-45291CWE-36CWE-918

Path traversal and Server-Side Request Forgery in HTML writer when embedding images is enabled in PHPSpreadsheet

Medium · published October 7, 2024

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
58.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. It's possible for an attacker to construct an XLSX file that links images from arbitrary paths. When embedding images has been enabled in HTML writer with `$writer->setEmbedImages(true);` those files will be included in the output as `data:` URLs, regardless of the file's type. Also URLs can be used for embedding, resulting in a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability. When embedding images has been enabled, an attacker can read arbitrary files on the server and perform arbitrary HTTP GET requests. Note that any PHP protocol wrappers can be used, meaning that if for example the `expect://` wrapper is enabled, also remote code execution is possible. 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00864 · 58.2th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-36 · Absolute Path Traversal; CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2024-10-07T20:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 OCT 20:09Z
    Path traversal and Server-Side Request Forgery in HTML writer when embedding images is enabled in PHPSpreadsheet
    cvelistv5