VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-7101

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability18.96%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2023-12-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Spreadsheet::ParseExcel / Spreadsheet::ParseExcel

Description

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

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