What is CVE-2018-19277?

CVE-2018-19277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpoffice Phpspreadsheet, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-19277?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

XPath Injection in Phpoffice Phpspreadsheet

CVE-2018-19277

securityScan() in PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet through 1.5.0 allows a bypass of protection mechanisms for XXE via UTF-7 encoding in a .xlsx file

EPSS: 0.078 (94.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Phpoffice Phpspreadsheet
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-91 — XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19277?: CVE-2018-19277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpoffice Phpspreadsheet, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-19277?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.