Medium severity · published Feb 3, 2025
CVE-2025-23210
Bypass XSS sanitizer using the javascript protocol and special characters in phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
4.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PhpSpreadsheet · PHPOffice
>= 3.0.0, < 3.9.0; >= 2.2.0, < 2.3.7; >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.8; < 1.29.9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23210
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23210
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/cde2926a9e2baf146783f8fd1771bbed7d1dc7b3
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-r57h-547h-w24f
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