What is CVE-2016-5000?

CVE-2016-5000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Poi, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-5000?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

XXE in Apache Poi

CVE-2016-5000

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 Ent…

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.003 (56.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Poi
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

20160722 [CVE-2016-5000] XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
92100 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
1037741 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
[users] 20160722 [CVE-2016-5000] XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability in Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5000?: CVE-2016-5000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Poi, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-5000?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.