Absolute Path Traversal Affecting phpoffice/phpexcel package, versions >=0.0.0
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- published7 Mar 2025
- disclosed7 Oct 2024
- creditEmil Virkki
Introduced: 7 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-45290 (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 Absolute Path Traversal via the setPath method. An attacker can access or leak sensitive information by constructing a malicious XLSX file that manipulates the path to external or internal resources, exploiting the file reading mechanism to extract data. The attack vector evidenced relies on the use of an error oracle to extract data one character at a time.