CVE-2025-22131

Published Jan 20, 2025

Last updated 8 months ago

Overview

AI description

Automated description summarized from trusted sources.

CVE-2025-22131 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in PhpSpreadsheet, a PHP library used for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Discovered in January 2025, the vulnerability exists in the code that translates XLSX files into HTML. Specifically, it affects the `generateNavigation()` function. The vulnerability arises because sheet names within an XLSX file are not properly sanitized before being included in the HTML output. This allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript code, which can then be executed when a user interacts with the compromised website. The vulnerability has been patched in versions 3.8.0, 1.29.8, 2.1.7, and 2.3.6, with the fix involving proper sanitization of sheet names using `htmlspecialchars()` before including them in the HTML output.

Description: PhpSpreadsheet is a PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the code which translates the XLSX file into a HTML representation and displays it in the response.
Source: security-advisories@github.com
NVD status: Analyzed
Products: phpspreadsheet

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

Type: Secondary
Base score: 5.1
Impact score: -
Exploitability score: -
Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.1
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com: CWE-79

Hype score is a measure of social media activity compared against trending CVEs from the past 12 months. Max score 100.

Hype score: 45

Configurations

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.