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SCA: security update for org.apache.poi:poi-examples (GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417608

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2016-5000)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417608

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5000

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5000

BID: 92100

cwe: CWE-611