CVE-2016-5000

medium

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

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user%40poi.apache.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037741

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92100

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538981/100/0/threaded

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-08-05

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00301