Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting phpoffice/phpexcel package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-PHPOFFICEPHPEXCEL-9299750
  • published7 Mar 2025
  • disclosed3 Feb 2025
  • creditIgor Sak-Sakovskiy

Introduced: 3 Feb 2025

CVE-2025-23210  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for phpoffice/phpexcel.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) through the generateRow method. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the user's browser by crafting a malicious XML file that bypasses the XSS sanitizer when processed and rendered as HTML.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1