CVE-2025-23210 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-23210: Bypass XSS sanitizer using the javascript protocol and special characters in phpoffice/phpspreadsheet

Vendor Phpoffice
Product PhpSpreadsheet
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published February 3, 2025
Last update February 4, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction —
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

Description

phpoffice/phpspreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Affected versions have been found to have a Bypass of the Cross-site Scripting (XSS) sanitizer using the javascript protocol and special characters. This issue has been addressed in versions 3.9.0, 2.3.7, 2.1.8, and 1.29.9. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

February 3, 2025 CVE published
February 4, 2025 Record updated