CVE-2024-45292 (GCVE-0-2024-45292)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-07 20:06 – Updated: 2024-10-07 20:26
VLAI
Title
PhpSpreadsheet HTML writer is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via JavaScript hyperlinks
Summary
PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. `\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html` does not sanitize "javascript:" URLs from hyperlink `href` attributes, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This issue has been addressed in release versions 1.29.2, 2.1.1, and 2.3.0. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet Affected: < 1.29.2
Affected: >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1
Affected: >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.0
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