Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting phpoffice/phpexcel package, versions >=0.0.0
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- published7 Mar 2025
- disclosed28 Aug 2024
- creditEmil Virkki
Introduced: 28 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-45046 (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) due to missing sanitization of the spreadsheet styling information, via the \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html component.
PoC
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader("Xlsx");
$spreadsheet = $reader->load(__DIR__ . '/book.xlsx');
$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
print($writer->generateHTMLAll());