PHPExcel before 1.8.0, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2, does not disable external entity loading in libxml, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack
Published Jun 4, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.54%
Description
PHPExcel before 1.8.0, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2, does not disable external entity loading in libxml, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial of service, or possibly have other impact via an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.1
- ≤ 1.7.9
Configuration 2
- ≤ 5.0.14
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.8
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.11
- 5.0.12
- 5.0.13
- 5.0.14
- ≤ 1.7.9
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 74.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 71.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 65.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.53% (0.00527) | 77.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.53% (0.00527) | 76.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00527) | 73.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://owncloud.org/about/security/advisories/oC-SA-2014-006 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/blob/2b601574975acfb9d4378a788ed5f2b747958095/changelog.txt#L120
- https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/blob/develop/changelog.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel/commit/e04bf7ed091b0a72d028eacf26d770b485d4e897
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-28rm-rj57-qjpv Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2054
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