CPANSA-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-2024-23525: Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2024-01-17T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25 |
| Current release date | 2024-01-17T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 6.5 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
In default configuration of Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX, whenever we call Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX->new()->parse('user_input_file.xlsx'), we'd be vulnerable for XXE vulnerability if the XLSX file that we are parsing is from user input.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-23525
Vulnerability DescriptionThe Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.30 for Perl allows XXE attacks because it neglects to use the no_xxe option of XML::Twig.
| Weakness | CWE-611 : Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX less than 0.30 |
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Fixed
- Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX greater than or equal 0.30
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-2024-23525 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2024/cpansa-spreadsheet-parsexlsx-2024-23525.json - https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes external
https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes - https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a external
https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a - https://github.com/briandfoy/cpan-security-advisory/issues/134 external
https://github.com/briandfoy/cpan-security-advisory/issues/134 - https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10 external
https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10 - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-j6f8-vrmf external
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxjh-j6f8-vrmf - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23525 external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23525 - CVE-2024-23525 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23525
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed Jan 17 00:00:00 2024 | First release |
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