What is GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff?

GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff cover?

GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2016-5000. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff?

GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff?

GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff affects 1 product, including: maven/org.apache.poi:poi-examples:\u003c= 3.13.

GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfffMediumCVSS 5.5

Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 13, 2022

Last Modified

September 26, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-5000 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

maven/org.apache.poi:poi-examples:<= 3.13

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5000
https://lists.apache.org/[email protected]
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff