\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html
doesn't sanitize spreadsheet styling information such as font names, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript on the page.
Example target script:
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$reader = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\IOFactory::createReader("Xlsx");
$spreadsheet = $reader->load(__DIR__ . '/book.xlsx');
$writer = new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Writer\Html($spreadsheet);
print($writer->generateHTMLAll());
Save this file in the same directory: book.xlsx
Open index.php in a web browser. An alert should be displayed.
Full takeover of the session of users viewing spreadsheet files as HTML.