PHPSpreadsheet Library < 2.3.0 — XXE Injection
CVE-2024-45293Published · Updated Action summary
Product Excel Import Export & Bulk Edit for WooCommerce: Affected: ≤4.6Update to 4.7 or newer
Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce: Affected: ≤3.6.0Update to 4.0.1 or newer
Advanced Contact form 7 DB: Affected: ≤2.0.5No patch available
Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator: Affected: ≤3.11.6Update to 3.11.7 or newer
TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy: Affected: ≤2.4.2Update to 2.4.3 or newer
Products Stock Manager with Excel for WooCommerce Inventory: Affected: ≤1.8Update to 2.1 or newer
Product Excel Import & Export for WooCommerce: Affected: ≤5.9Update to 6.0 or newer
Import Content in WordPress & WooCommerce with Excel: Affected: ≤4.3Update to 4.4 or newer
Import Users & Customers | Export Users with Excel for WordPress & WooCommerce: Affected: ≤1.5Update to 1.6 or newer
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Product Excel Import Export & Bulk Edit for WooCommerce webd-woocommerce-product-excel-importer-bulk-edit
- Affected≤ 4.6
- Patched in4.7
Update to 4.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.6. Version 4.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce woo-order-export-lite
- Affected≤ 3.6.0
- Patched in4.0.1
Update to 4.0.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.6.0. Version 4.0.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
Advanced Contact form 7 DB advanced-cf7-db
- Affected≤ 2.0.5
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.5. No fixed version has been released.
Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator visualizer
- Affected≤ 3.11.6
- Patched in3.11.7
Update to 3.11.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.11.6. Version 3.11.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy tablepress
- Affected≤ 2.4.2
- Patched in2.4.3
Update to 2.4.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.4.2. Version 2.4.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
Products Stock Manager with Excel for WooCommerce Inventory products-stock-manager-with-excel
- Affected≤ 1.8
- Patched in2.1
Update to 2.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.8. Version 2.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
Product Excel Import & Export for WooCommerce woo-product-excel-importer
- Affected≤ 5.9
- Patched in6.0
Update to 6.0 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 5.9. Version 6.0 and later are not affected by this issue.
Import Content in WordPress & WooCommerce with Excel content-excel-importer
- Affected≤ 4.3
- Patched in4.4
Update to 4.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.3. Version 4.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
Import Users & Customers | Export Users with Excel for WordPress & WooCommerce users-import-export-with-excel-for-wp
- Affected≤ 1.5
- Patched in1.6
Update to 1.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5. Version 1.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Product Excel Import Export & Bulk Edit for WooCommerce.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.7, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 4.0.1, or a newer patched version
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Update to version 3.11.7, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 2.4.3, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 2.1, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 6.0, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 4.4, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 1.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Product Excel Import Export & Bulk Edit for WooCommerce to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The security scanner that prevents XXE attacks in the XLSX reader can be bypassed by slightly modifying the XML structure, utilizing white spaces. On servers that allow users to upload their own Excel (XLSX) sheets, Server files, and sensitive information can be disclosed by providing a crafted sheet.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.7No patch available | CVE-2025-32674 |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.7No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.