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TI-2024-30160 Aliases CVE-2024-45048GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7

XML External Entity Reference (XXE) in PHPSpreadsheet

Priority HIGH 73CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Affected versions are subject to a bypassing of a filter which allows for an XXE-attack. This in turn allows attacker to obtain contents of local files, even if error reporting is muted. This vulnerability has been addressed in release version 2.2.1. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00605 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed PhpSpreadsheet (PHPOffice): 2.2.1phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist): 1.29.1, 2.2.1, 2.1.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PHPOfficePhpSpreadsheetbefore 2.2.12.2.1Patch availableCNA
—phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist)before 1.29.11.29.1Patch availableGHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7
—phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist)2.2.0 to before 2.2.12.2.1Patch availableGHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7
—phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist)2.0.0 to before 2.1.12.1.1Patch availableGHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7
—phpoffice/phpexcel (Packagist)up to 1.8.2—No fix listedGHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7
  • PhpSpreadsheet VendorPHPOffice Affected before 2.2.1 Fixed in 2.2.1 Patch available CNA
  • phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.29.1 Fixed in 1.29.1 Patch available GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7
  • phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.1 Fixed in 2.2.1 Patch available GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7
  • phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.1.1 Fixed in 2.1.1 Patch available GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7
  • phpoffice/phpexcel (Packagist) Vendor— Affected up to 1.8.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.29.1; 2.0.0 to before 2.2.1VulnerablePHPOffice
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.29.1; 2.0.0 to before 2.2.1 Vulnerable ·PHPOffice

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA PhpSpreadsheet (PHPOffice) Fixed in 2.2.1
  • Fix · GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7 phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist) Fixed in 1.29.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7 phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist) Fixed in 2.2.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7 phpoffice/phpspreadsheet (Packagist) Fixed in 2.1.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45048
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-26406 PhpSpreadsheet SSRF and RCE via PHP stream wrappers in IOFactory::load CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2024-37339 PhpSpreadsheet vulnerable to unauthorized reflected XSS in Currency.php file CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2024-37338 PhpSpreadsheet allows unauthorized reflected XSS in `Convert-Online.php` file CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2024-37325 PhpSpreadsheet vulnerable to unauthorized reflected XSS in the Accounting.php file CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2024-37324 PhpSpreadsheet vulnerable to unauthorized reflected XSS in the constructor of the Downloader class CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
  • TI-2026-29558 PhpSpreadsheet: CPU Denial of Service via Unbounded Row Number in XLSX Row Dimensions CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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