{"id":"CVE-2024-45292","aliases":["EUVD-2024-3128","GHSA-r8w8-74ww-j4wh"],"status":"published","title":"PhpSpreadsheet HTML writer is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via JavaScript hyperlinks","description":"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":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00344,"percentile":0.28311,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2024-10-07T15:58:25Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:14Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","fixed_in":["2.3.0","1.29.2","2.1.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.2.0"},{"fixed":"2.3.0"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.29.2"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"},{"fixed":"2.1.1"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpexcel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.8.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.2.0"},{"fixed":"2.3.0"}]}],"versions":["2.2.0","2.2.1","2.2.2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.29.2"}]}],"versions":["1.0.0","1.0.0-beta","1.0.0-beta2","1.1.0","1.10.0","1.10.1","1.11.0","1.12.0","1.13.0","1.14.0","1.14.1","1.15.0","1.16.0","1.17.0","1.17.1","1.18.0","1.19.0","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.20.0","1.21.0","1.22.0","1.23.0","1.24.0","1.24.1","1.25.0","1.25.1","1.25.2","1.26.0","1.27.0","1.27.1","1.28.0","1.29.0","1.29.1","1.3.0","1.3.1","1.4.0","1.4.1","1.5.0","1.5.1","1.5.2","1.6.0","1.7.0","1.8.0","1.8.1","1.8.2","1.9.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0"},{"fixed":"2.1.1"}]}],"versions":["2.0.0","2.1.0"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"phpoffice/phpexcel","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.8.2"}]}],"versions":["1.7.9","1.7.9-rc1","1.8.0","1.8.0rc1","1.8.0rc2","1.8.0rc3","1.8.0rc4","1.8.1","1.8.2"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"phpoffice","product":"phpspreadsheet"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-r8w8-74ww-j4wh","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/392dd08c5569b623060784e1333454d64df1f03d","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/8b9b378ecdc603234a34aab3b293d2cdc8e9210e","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/f0b70ed1086348904b27772b264e1605ba6c1d6d","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45292","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r8w8-74ww-j4wh"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45292.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-45292","title":"PhpSpreadsheet HTML writer is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via JavaScript hyperlinks","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-07T20:06:13.595Z","modified":"2024-10-07T20:26:37.224Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:07.831255Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-3128","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-07T20:06:13Z","modified":"2024-10-07T20:26:37Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:27:46.330731Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-r8w8-74ww-j4wh","title":"PhpSpreadsheet HTML writer is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via JavaScript hyperlinks","description":"### Summary\n`\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\Writer\\Html` does not sanitize \"javascript:\" URLs from hyperlink `href` attributes, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.\n\n### PoC\n\nExample target script:\n\n```\n\u003c?php\n\nrequire 'vendor/autoload.php';\n\n$reader = \\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\IOFactory::createReader(\"Xlsx\");\n$spreadsheet = $reader-\u003eload(__DIR__ . '/book.xlsx');\n\n$writer = new \\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\Writer\\Html($spreadsheet);\nprint($writer-\u003egenerateHTMLAll());\n```\n\nSave this file in the same directory:\n[book.xlsx](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/files/15099763/book.xlsx)\n\nOpen index.php in a web browser and click on both links. The first demonstrates the vulnerability in a regular hyperlink and the second in a HYPERLINK() formula.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-07T15:58:25Z","modified":"2025-03-06T18:14:07Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":4.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:34.185137Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-45292","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-07T20:15:05.857Z","modified":"2026-06-17T07:53:57.9Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:31.271525Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2024-45292","title":"PhpSpreadsheet HTML writer is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via JavaScript hyperlinks","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-07T20:06:13.595Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:14.503456546Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:42.790566Z"},{"id":"GHSA-r8w8-74ww-j4wh","title":"PhpSpreadsheet HTML writer is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting via JavaScript hyperlinks","description":"### Summary\n`\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\Writer\\Html` does not sanitize \"javascript:\" URLs from hyperlink `href` attributes, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.\n\n### PoC\n\nExample target script:\n\n```\n\u003c?php\n\nrequire 'vendor/autoload.php';\n\n$reader = \\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\IOFactory::createReader(\"Xlsx\");\n$spreadsheet = $reader-\u003eload(__DIR__ . '/book.xlsx');\n\n$writer = new \\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\Writer\\Html($spreadsheet);\nprint($writer-\u003egenerateHTMLAll());\n```\n\nSave this file in the same directory:\n[book.xlsx](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/files/15099763/book.xlsx)\n\nOpen index.php in a web browser and click on both links. The first demonstrates the vulnerability in a regular hyperlink and the second in a HYPERLINK() formula.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-07T15:58:25Z","modified":"2025-03-06T18:37:32.953709Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":4.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:55.480549Z"}]}}