CVE-2025-22131: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in generateNavigation() function in PhpSpreadsheet

medium Affects phpoffice/phpexcel, phpoffice/phpspreadsheet. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in generateNavigation() function in PhpSpreadsheet

Package
phpoffice/phpexcel Composer
Affected versions
<=1.8.2
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (33.4th percentile)
Published
2025-01-21
Source
osv.dev

References

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in generateNavigation() function in PhpSpreadsheet

Package
phpoffice/phpspreadsheet Composer
Affected versions
>=3.0.0 and <3.8.0 or <1.29.8 or >=2.0.0 and <2.1.7 or >=2.2.0 and <2.3.6
Fixed in
3.8.0, 1.29.8, 2.1.7, 2.3.6
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (33.4th percentile)
Published
2025-01-21
Source
osv.dev

References

CWE-79
NVD recordphpoffice/phpexcel advisoriesphpoffice/phpspreadsheet advisories

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