CVE-2020-7776: Cross-site scripting in phpoffice/phpspreadsheet

medium Affects phpoffice/phpexcel, phpoffice/phpspreadsheet. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2021-05-06; advisory modified 2026-07-08.

Cross-site scripting in phpoffice/phpspreadsheet

Package: phpoffice/phpexcel Composer
Affected versions: <=1.8.2
Fixed in: no fix recorded
Severity: medium CVSS 6.4
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (70.7th percentile)
Published: 2021-05-06
Source: osv.dev

References

Cross-site scripting in phpoffice/phpspreadsheet

Package: phpoffice/phpspreadsheet Composer
Affected versions: <1.16.0
Fixed in: 1.16.0
Severity: medium CVSS 6.4
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (70.7th percentile)
Published: 2021-05-06
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-79

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