CVE-2024-23525

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 53.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-01-17 00:00Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-02 15:06Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2024-01-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b8b216e044e843cefae0a6abcd0b6444f7a89b0a5997ac63ffcfd23749cfc9f2

• metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/release/NUDDLEGG/Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX-0.30/changes
• gist.github.comhttps://gist.github.com/phvietan/d1c95a88ab6e17047b0248d6bf9eac4a
• github.comhttps://github.com/MichaelDaum/spreadsheet-parsexlsx/issues/10
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20240118 CVE-2024-23525: Spreadsheet::ParseXLSX for Perl is vulnerable to XXE attackshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/18/4mailing-list
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20240127 [SECURITY] [DLA 3723-1] libspreadsheet-parsexlsx-perl security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00018.htmlmailing-list
• security.metacpan.orghttps://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html