CVE-2016-4434

tika: XML External Entity vulnerability

Published Sep 29, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 3.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0507 Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4xr4-4c65-hj7f Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 12:32 AM
Reserved
May 2, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 30, 2017, 1:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:47 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 26, 2016, 12:00 AM