Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2019-12415

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-12415 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability in Apache POI versions up to 4.1.0, specifically within the XSSFExportToXml tool, which also impacts Oracle products utilizing Apache POI. An attacker can craft a malicious Excel document to read local files or internal network resources. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:12.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:13.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:13.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_testing_suite:13.3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.poi:poiFixed in: 4.1.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.10Fixed in: poi
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Decision Manager 7Fixed in: poi
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Process Automation 7Fixed in: poi

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-9jwc-q6j3-8g9gmedium

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in Apache POI

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-12415Low

poi: a specially crafted Microsoft Excel document allows attacker to read files from the local filesystem

Feb 13, 2020

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/13a54b6a03369cfb418a699180ffb83bd727320b6ddfec198b9b728e%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/2ac0327748de0c2b3c1c012481b79936797c711724e0b7da83cf564c%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/895164e03a3c327449069e2fd6ced0367561878b3ae6a8ec740c2007%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/d88b8823867033514d7ec05d66f88c70dc207604d3dcbd44fd88464c%40%3Cuser.tika.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Third Party Advisory