CVE-2017-5992

medium

Description

Openpyxl 2.4.1 resolves external entities by default, which allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks via a crafted .xlsx document.

References

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-15

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00528