Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache POI
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Apr 16, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 4, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 7, 2022
Last updated
Apr 16, 2024
Credits
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MarkLee131 Analyst
The OPC SAX setup in Apache POI before 3.10.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an OpenXML file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.
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