5.5

CVE-2019-12415: apache poi

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-12415DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12415GHSA-9jwc-q6j3-8g9g
Published 23-10-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-12415 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in apache poi. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.00%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 23-10-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.99% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.00%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Oracle25 products
Apache1 product
Debian1 product
  • libapache-poi-javaAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.1.1-1
Org.apache.poi1 product
  • poi< 4.1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • libapache-poi-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 29 products

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