# CVE-2024-42485: Filament Excel Vulnerable to Path Traversal Attack on Export Download Endpoint

> An unauthenticated attacker can download arbitrary files via path traversal if the webserver allows directory traversal in URLs.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3px-vjxr-fx4m

## What is CVE-2024-42485?

CVE-2024-42485 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in pxlrbt filament-excel, published on 12 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Filament Excel enables excel export for Filament admin resources. The export download route `/filament-excel/{path}` allowed downloading any file without login when the webserver allows `../` in the URL.  Patched with Version v2.3.3.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42485?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including pxlrbt/filament-excel. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pxlrbt/filament-excel` | Packagist | All versions | 1.1.14 |
| `pxlrbt/filament-excel` | Packagist | All versions | 1.1.14 |
| `pxlrbt/filament-excel` | Packagist | From 2.0.0-alpha | 2.3.3 |
| `pxlrbt/filament-excel` | Packagist | From 2.0.0-alpha | 2.3.3 |

Products: Pxlrbt Filament Excel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42485?

Upgrade pxlrbt/filament-excel to a fixed version for your release line: 1.1.14 or 2.3.3.

## Is CVE-2024-42485 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42485 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42485 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in pxlrbt filament-excel, published on 12 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42485 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- pxlrbt/filament-excel (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.1.14
- pxlrbt/filament-excel (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.1.14
- pxlrbt/filament-excel (Packagist): affected from 2.0.0-alpha; fixed in 2.3.3
- pxlrbt/filament-excel (Packagist): affected from 2.0.0-alpha; fixed in 2.3.3

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42485/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42485/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42485
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42485
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42485

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42485/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.