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CVE-2024-48917

HIGH
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
phpspreadsheetNVD
Affected:>= 3.3.0, < 3.4.0Fixed in:3.4.0CVE-2024-48917derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days
49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1
Product1
Other references1

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-611 (XML External Entity (XXE)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2024-34102Critical9.8100%KEVFix
CVE-2019-9670Critical9.8100%KEVFix
CVE-2022-28219Critical9.897%--
CVE-2024-22024High8.395%--
CVE-2024-38653High7.592%--
CVE-2017-12629Critical9.892%-Fix
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