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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductApache Poi
PublishedAug 5, 2016
First seenAug 5, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • org.apache.poi:poi-examples3.14 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apache poiv ≤ 3.13—
org.apache.poi:poi-examplesMavenv < 3.143.14

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