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CVE-2019-12331

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12331 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet versions prior to 1.8.0. Attackers can bypass existing security measures by double-encoding XML payloads, leading to arbitrary file disclosure or remote code execution. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 14,824 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 1.8.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-vvwv-h69m-wg6fhigh

XXE in PHPSpreadsheet due to incomplete fix for previous encoding issue

Nov 20, 2019

References

github.com / PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Third Party Advisory
herolab.usd.de / security-advisories/usd-2019-0046
ExploitThird Party Advisory