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Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 26, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.poi:poi-examples (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 3.13

Patched versions

3.14

Description

The XLSX2CSV example in Apache POI before 3.14 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted OpenXML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 5, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jul 6, 2022
Last updated Sep 26, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-5000

GHSA ID

GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff

Source code

No known source code
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