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CVE-2024-23525

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

The Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX package before 0.30 for Perl allows XXE attacks because it neglects to use the no_xxe option of XML::Twig.

Affected products

• Tozt Spreadsheet::Parsexlsx: before 0.30 — fixed in 0.30

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Tozt Spreadsheet::Parsexlsx 0.30. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/4
• https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a
• https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00018.html
• https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes
• https://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/4
• https://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a
• https://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00018.html
• https://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes
• https://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html

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