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CVE-2025-23210

Bypass XSS sanitizer using the javascript protocol and special characters in phpoffice/phpspreadsheet

Published: Feb 3, 2025Updated: Feb 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-79
NVD MITRE
6.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

phpoffice/phpspreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Affected versions have been found to have a Bypass of the Cross-site Scripting (XSS) sanitizer using the javascript protocol and special characters. This issue has been addressed in versions 3.9.0, 2.3.7, 2.1.8, and 1.29.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
L
I:LIntegrity
L
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

PhpSpreadsheetPHPOffice
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
phpoffice/phpspreadsheetPackagistOSS Libraries
phpoffice/phpexcelPackagistOSS Libraries
PhpSpreadsheetСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
phpofficeoss-projectOSS Libraries
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/cde2926a9e2baf146783f8fd1771bbed7d1dc7b3
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-r57h-547h-w24f
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23210
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Feb 3, 2025
Last Updated
Feb 3, 2025

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