CVE-2024-23525
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jan 17, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 2, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 17, 2024
Description
The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.30 for Perl allows XXE attacks because it neglects to use the no_xxe option of XML::Twig.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes
- https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a
- https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10
- [oss-security] 20240118 CVE-2024-23525: Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX for Perl is vulnerable to XXE attacksmailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240127 [SECURITY] [DLA 3723-1] libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl security updatemailing-list
- https://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html
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