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CVE-2019-12415
Published:October 23, 2019
Updated:April 09, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
org.apache.poi:poi (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=3.0-FINAL <4.1.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.1.1
Related Resources (20)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/895164e03a3c327449069e2fd6ced0367561878b3ae6a8ec740c2007%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2ac0327748de0c2b3c1c012481b79936797c711724e0b7da83cf564c@%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://github.com/apache/poi
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2ac0327748de0c2b3c1c012481b79936797c711724e0b7da83cf564c%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d88b8823867033514d7ec05d66f88c70dc207604d3dcbd44fd88464c@%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12415
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/13a54b6a03369cfb418a699180ffb83bd727320b6ddfec198b9b728e%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d88b8823867033514d7ec05d66f88c70dc207604d3dcbd44fd88464c%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/13a54b6a03369cfb418a699180ffb83bd727320b6ddfec198b9b728e@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/895164e03a3c327449069e2fd6ced0367561878b3ae6a8ec740c2007@%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
2.1
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-611
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02