{"cve":"CVE-2016-5000","nvd":{"published":"2016-08-05T14:59:10.143","modified":"2026-06-17T00:48:35.407","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-611"],"references":["http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538981/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92100","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037741","https://lists.apache.org/list.html?user%40poi.apache.org"],"products":["apache:poi"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:40:10.783210791+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-5000","score":0.04151,"percentile":0.90865,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff","summary":"Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability","modified":"2024-02-16T08:17:42.806510Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.poi:poi-examples","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.poi/poi-examples","ranges":["<3.14"],"fixed":["3.14"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}