CVE-2024-48917CWE-611

XXE in PHPSpreadsheet's XLSX reader

High · published November 18, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
53.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00728 · 53.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Published
2024-11-18T19:48Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 NOV 19:48Z
    XXE in PHPSpreadsheet's XLSX reader
    cvelistv5