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CVE-2014-2054

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2054 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PHPExcel before version 1.8.0, impacting ownCloud Server versions prior to 5.0.15 and 6.0.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or potentially achieve other impacts due to PHPExcel not disabling external entity loading in libxml. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpexcel_project:phpexcel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:*:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpexcelFixed in: 1.8.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-28rm-rj57-qjpvmedium

PHPExcel vulnerable to XXE attacks through libxml

May 17, 2022

References

owncloud.org / about/security/advisories/oC-SA-2014-006
Vendor Advisory
github.com / PHPOffice/PHPExcel/blob/develop/changelog.txt