Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2024-45290

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-45290 is a high-severity vulnerability in PHPSpreadsheet (versions prior to 1.29.2, 2.1.1, and 2.3.0) that allows attackers to leak arbitrary file contents or URL information. By crafting malicious XLSX files with php://filter URLs, an attacker can exploit the library's image retrieval function to access sensitive data, including AWS IAM credentials. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and high confidentiality impact. There is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion, but immediate upgrades are recommended as there are no known workarounds.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.29.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, < 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 2.3.0
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 1.29.2
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 2.1.1
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-5gpr-w2p5-6m37high

PhpSpreadsheet allows absolute path traversal and Server-Side Request Forgery when opening XLSX file

Oct 7, 2024

References

github.com / PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-5gpr-w2p5-6m37
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-w9xv-qf98-ccq4
Not Applicable