CVE-2024-45046

Aug. 28, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Received
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

Products

PHPSpreadsheet

  • 2.1.0 and below

Source

security-advisories@github.com

Tags

CVE-2024-45046 details

Published : Aug. 28, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified : Aug. 28, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Description

PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. In affected versions `\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html` doesn't sanitize spreadsheet styling information such as font names, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript on the page. As a result an attacker may used a crafted spreadsheet to fully takeover a session of a user viewing spreadsheet files as HTML. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.1.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS Score

1 2 3 4 5.4 6 7 8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

5.4

Exploitability Score

2.3

Impact Score

2.7

Base Severity

MEDIUM

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