CVE-2024-48917

XXE in PHPSpreadsheet's XLSX reader

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Nov 18, 2024
Updated
Nov 18, 2024
Reserved
Oct 9, 2024

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Affected Products

ProductVersions
PhpSpreadsheetPHPOffice
  • < 1.29.4Affected
  • >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.3Affected
  • >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.2Affected
  • >= 3.3.0, < 3.4.0Affected

References

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