What is CVE-2025-31672?

CVE-2025-31672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Poi, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-31672?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-31672 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Apache Poi

CVE-2025-31672

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache POI. The issue affects the parsing of OOXML format files like xlsx, docx and pptx. These file formats are basically zip files and it is possible for malicious users to add zip entries with…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Poi
Apache Software Foundation Poi — versions 0
Netapp Active_iq_unified_manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security@apache.org (Permissions Required, issue-tracking)
security@apache.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-31672?: CVE-2025-31672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Poi, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-31672?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-31672 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.