CVE-2024-45291

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

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Oct 7, 2024
Updated
Oct 8, 2024
Reserved
Aug 26, 2024

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
PhpSpreadsheetPHPOffice
  • < 1.29.2Affected
  • >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1Affected
  • >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.0Affected

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