CVE-2019-12415

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 23, 2019 at 07:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:14 AM UTC
27 products affected across 2 vendorsPeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleToolsEnterprise Manager Base PlatformWebcenter Portal

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

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.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611

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