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Vulnerability details: VCID-vfrt-g2v2-gbfv
Vulnerability ID VCID-vfrt-g2v2-gbfv
Aliases CVE-2019-12331
GHSA-vvwv-h69m-wg6f
Summary XXE in PHPSpreadsheet due to incomplete fix for previous encoding issue
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00122 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12331
epss 0.00122 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12331
epss 0.00122 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12331
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvwv-h69m-wg6f
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/CVE-2019-12331.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/CVE-2019-12331.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#180---2019-07-01
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#180---2019-07-01
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/0e6238c69e863b58aeece61e48ea032696c6dccd
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/0e6238c69e863b58aeece61e48ea032696c6dccd
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/1041
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/1041
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/1.8.0
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/1.8.0
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2019-0046
generic_textual HIGH https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2019-0046
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12331
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12331
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-12331
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#180---2019-07-01
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/0e6238c69e863b58aeece61e48ea032696c6dccd
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/1041
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/1.8.0
https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2019-0046
CVE-2019-12331 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12331
CVE-2019-12331.YAML https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/CVE-2019-12331.yaml
GHSA-vvwv-h69m-wg6f https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvwv-h69m-wg6f
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpoffice/phpspreadsheet/CVE-2019-12331.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#180---2019-07-01
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/0e6238c69e863b58aeece61e48ea032696c6dccd
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/1041
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/1.8.0
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2019-0046
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12331
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.30888
EPSS Score 0.00122
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:25:39.692375+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvwv-h69m-wg6f 38.6.0