apache/poi · Security

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache POI

GHSA ID
GHSA-9jwc-q6j3-8g9g
CVE ID
CVE-2019-12415
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
5.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
5.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

In Apache POI up to 4.1.0, when using the tool XSSFExportToXml to convert user-provided Microsoft Excel documents, a specially crafted document can allow an attacker to read files from the local filesystem or from internal network resources via XML External Entity (XXE) Processing.

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