{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.poi:poi-examples. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5000 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade org.apache.poi:poi-examples to 3.14 or later.","what":"CVE-2016-5000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-5000 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-5000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5000 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- org.apache.poi:poi-examples (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 3.14\n- org.apache.poi:poi-examples (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 3.14\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5000/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5000/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-5000","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5000/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-5000","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5000","GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5000"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Java Excel library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via crafted OpenXML documents exploiting an XML External Entity vulnerability in the XLSX2CSV example.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xxe"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"poi","vendor":"apache"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-611","name":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference"}],"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.","ecosystems":["Maven"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Apache POI's XLSX2CSV Example XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2016-5000","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Maven","product":null,"products":[],"type":"xxe","year":"2016"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Hadoop","id":"CVE-2016-5001"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["3.14"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.poi:poi-examples","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff"},{"ecosystem":"Maven","fixed":["3.14"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"org.apache.poi:poi-examples","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.poi/poi-examples","source":"GHSA-pmqq-7wfv-jfff"}],"prev":{"headline":"SQL injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-4999"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-08-05","related":[{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of Service in Apache POI","id":"CVE-2017-12626","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-01-29"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"A carefully crafted TNEF file can cause an out of memory exception","id":"CVE-2022-26336","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-03-04"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache POI","id":"CVE-2019-12415","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-10-23"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs in Apache POI","id":"CVE-2017-5644","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-24"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Apache POI OOXML Vulnerable to Improper Input Validation in OOXML File Parsing","id":"CVE-2025-31672","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-04-09"},{"cvss_score":5,"headline":"Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Apache POI","id":"CVE-2014-9527","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-01-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via crafted OpenXML documents exploiting an XML External Entity vulnerability in the XLSX2CSV example.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5000/"}