Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-5000 - XXE vulnerability in Apache POI

CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

NONE

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

NONE

Availability impact

NONE

local

low complexity

apache

CWE-611

NVD

Published: 2016-08-05

Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Apache Apache POI 0.1 Apache POI 0.2 Apache POI 0.3 Apache POI 0.4 Apache POI 0.5 Apache POI 0.6 Apache POI 0.7 Apache POI 0.10.0 Apache POI 0.11.0 Apache POI 0.12.0 Apache POI 0.13.0 Apache POI 0.14.0 Apache POI 1.0.0 Apache POI 1.0.1 Apache POI 1.0.2 Apache POI 1.1.0 Apache POI 1.2.0 Apache POI 1.5 Apache POI 1.5.1 Apache POI 1.7 Apache POI 1.8 Apache POI 1.10 Apache POI 2.0 Apache POI 2.5 Apache POI 2.5.1 Apache POI 3.0 Apache POI 3.0.1 Apache POI 3.0.2 Apache POI 3.1 Apache POI 3.2 Apache POI 3.5 Apache POI 3.6 Apache POI 3.7 Apache POI 3.8 Apache POI 3.9 Apache POI 3.10 Apache POI 3.11 Apache POI 3.13	66

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Summary

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References