diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index a43e910c..20d4273d 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -3137,4 +3137,4 @@
         "ext-zlib": "*"
     },
     "platform-dev": []
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/BaseReader.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/BaseReader.php
index 0a092d36..59a5a9d8 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/BaseReader.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/BaseReader.php
@@ -221,37 +221,4 @@ abstract class BaseReader implements IReader
             throw new Exception('Could not open file ' . $pFilename . ' for reading.');
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Scan theXML for use of <!ENTITY to prevent XXE/XEE attacks.
-     *
-     * @param string $xml
-     *
-     * @throws Exception
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function securityScan($xml)
-    {
-        $pattern = '/\\0?' . implode('\\0?', str_split('<!DOCTYPE')) . '\\0?/';
-        if (preg_match($pattern, $xml)) {
-            throw new Exception('Detected use of ENTITY in XML, spreadsheet file load() aborted to prevent XXE/XEE attacks');
-        }
-
-        return $xml;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Scan theXML for use of <!ENTITY to prevent XXE/XEE attacks.
-     *
-     * @param string $filestream
-     *
-     * @throws Exception
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function securityScanFile($filestream)
-    {
-        return $this->securityScan(file_get_contents($filestream));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Gnumeric.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Gnumeric.php
index 228fb717..a726599e 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Gnumeric.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Gnumeric.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\Coordinate;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\NamedRange;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Security\XmlScanner;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\ReferenceHelper;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\RichText\RichText;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings;
@@ -30,6 +31,11 @@ class Gnumeric extends BaseReader
 
     private $referenceHelper;
 
+    /**
+     * @var XmlScanner
+     */
+    private $securityScanner;
+
     /**
      * Create a new Gnumeric.
      */
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ class Gnumeric extends BaseReader
     {
         $this->readFilter = new DefaultReadFilter();
         $this->referenceHelper = ReferenceHelper::getInstance();
+        $this->securityScanner = new XmlScanner();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ class Gnumeric extends BaseReader
         File::assertFile($pFilename);
 
         $xml = new XMLReader();
-        $xml->xml($this->securityScanFile('compress.zlib://' . realpath($pFilename)), null, Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
+        $xml->xml($this->securityScanner->scanFile('compress.zlib://' . realpath($pFilename)), null, Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
         $xml->setParserProperty(2, true);
 
         $worksheetNames = [];
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ class Gnumeric extends BaseReader
         File::assertFile($pFilename);
 
         $xml = new XMLReader();
-        $xml->xml($this->securityScanFile('compress.zlib://' . realpath($pFilename)), null, Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
+        $xml->xml($this->securityScanner->scanFile('compress.zlib://' . realpath($pFilename)), null, Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
         $xml->setParserProperty(2, true);
 
         $worksheetInfo = [];
@@ -196,7 +203,7 @@ class Gnumeric extends BaseReader
 
         $gFileData = $this->gzfileGetContents($pFilename);
 
-        $xml = simplexml_load_string($this->securityScan($gFileData), 'SimpleXMLElement', Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
+        $xml = simplexml_load_string($this->securityScanner->scan($gFileData), 'SimpleXMLElement', Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions());
         $namespacesMeta = $xml->getNamespaces(true);
 
         $gnmXML = $xml->children($namespacesMeta['gnm']);
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
index b570fa4a..fc09f1be 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use DOMElement;
 use DOMNode;
 use DOMText;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\Coordinate;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Security\XmlScanner;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Border;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Style\Color;
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\Worksheet;
 /** PhpSpreadsheet root directory */
 class Html extends BaseReader
 {
+    /**
+     * @var XmlScanner
+     */
+    private $securityScanner;
+
     /**
      * Sample size to read to determine if it's HTML or not.
      */
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->readFilter = new DefaultReadFilter();
+        $this->securityScanner = new XmlScanner('<!ENTITY');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -543,7 +550,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
         //    Create a new DOM object
         $dom = new DOMDocument();
         //    Reload the HTML file into the DOM object
-        $loaded = $dom->loadHTML(mb_convert_encoding($this->securityScanFile($pFilename), 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8'));
+        $loaded = $dom->loadHTML(mb_convert_encoding($this->securityScanner->scanFile($pFilename), 'HTML-ENTITIES', 'UTF-8'));
         if ($loaded === false) {
             throw new Exception('Failed to load ' . $pFilename . ' as a DOM Document');
         }
@@ -585,23 +592,6 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
         return $this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Scan theXML for use of <!ENTITY to prevent XXE/XEE attacks.
-     *
-     * @param string $xml
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function securityScan($xml)
-    {
-        $pattern = '/\\0?' . implode('\\0?', str_split('<!ENTITY')) . '\\0?/';
-        if (preg_match($pattern, $xml)) {
-            throw new Exception('Detected use of ENTITY in XML, spreadsheet file load() aborted to prevent XXE/XEE attacks');
-        }
-
-        return $xml;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Apply inline css inline style.
      *
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
index ec0716df..7b25901e 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Ods.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Calculation\Calculation;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\Coordinate;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Document\Properties;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Security\XmlScanner;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\RichText\RichText;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date;
@@ -19,12 +20,18 @@ use ZipArchive;
 
 class Ods extends BaseReader
 {
+    /**
+     * @var XmlScanner
+     */
+    private $securityScanner;
+
     /**
      * Create a new Ods Reader instance.
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->readFilter = new DefaultReadFilter();
+        $this->securityScanner = new XmlScanner();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
                 $mimeType = $zip->getFromName($stat['name']);
             } elseif ($stat = $zip->statName('META-INF/manifest.xml')) {
                 $xml = simplexml_load_string(
-                    $this->securityScan($zip->getFromName('META-INF/manifest.xml')),
+                    $this->securityScanner->scan($zip->getFromName('META-INF/manifest.xml')),
                     'SimpleXMLElement',
                     Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                 );
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
 
         $xml = new XMLReader();
         $xml->xml(
-            $this->securityScanFile('zip://' . realpath($pFilename) . '#content.xml'),
+            $this->securityScanner->scanFile('zip://' . realpath($pFilename) . '#content.xml'),
             null,
             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
         );
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
 
         $xml = new XMLReader();
         $xml->xml(
-            $this->securityScanFile('zip://' . realpath($pFilename) . '#content.xml'),
+            $this->securityScanner->scanFile('zip://' . realpath($pFilename) . '#content.xml'),
             null,
             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
         );
@@ -267,7 +274,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
         // Meta
 
         $xml = simplexml_load_string(
-            $this->securityScan($zip->getFromName('meta.xml')),
+            $this->securityScanner->scan($zip->getFromName('meta.xml')),
             'SimpleXMLElement',
             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
         );
@@ -367,7 +374,7 @@ class Ods extends BaseReader
 
         $dom = new \DOMDocument('1.01', 'UTF-8');
         $dom->loadXML(
-            $this->securityScan($zip->getFromName('content.xml')),
+            $this->securityScanner->scan($zip->getFromName('content.xml')),
             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
         );
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Security/XmlScanner.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Security/XmlScanner.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eefd7c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Security/XmlScanner.php
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Security;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Exception;
+
+class XmlScanner
+{
+    /**
+     * Identifies whether the thread-safe libxmlDisableEntityLoader() function is available.
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $libxmlDisableEntityLoader = false;
+
+    private $pattern;
+
+    public function __construct($pattern = '<!DOCTYPE')
+    {
+        $this->pattern = $pattern;
+        $this->libxmlDisableEntityLoader = $this->identifyLibxmlDisableEntityLoaderAvailability();
+
+        if ($this->libxmlDisableEntityLoader) {
+            libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function identifyLibxmlDisableEntityLoaderAvailability()
+    {
+        if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION == 7) {
+            switch (PHP_MINOR_VERSION) {
+                case 2:
+                    return PHP_RELEASE_VERSION >= 1;
+                case 1:
+                    return PHP_RELEASE_VERSION >= 13;
+                case 0:
+                    return PHP_RELEASE_VERSION >= 27;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Scan the XML for use of <!ENTITY to prevent XXE/XEE attacks.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $xml
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function scan($xml)
+    {
+        $pattern = '/encoding="(.*?)"/';
+        $result = preg_match($pattern, $xml, $matches);
+        $charset = $result ? $matches[1] : 'UTF-8';
+
+        if ($charset !== 'UTF-8') {
+            $xml = mb_convert_encoding($xml, 'UTF-8', $charset);
+        }
+
+        // Don't rely purely on libxml_disable_entity_loader()
+        $pattern = '/\\0?' . implode('\\0?', str_split($this->pattern)) . '\\0?/';
+        if (preg_match($pattern, $xml)) {
+            throw new Exception('Detected use of ENTITY in XML, spreadsheet file load() aborted to prevent XXE/XEE attacks');
+        }
+
+        return $xml;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Scan theXML for use of <!ENTITY to prevent XXE/XEE attacks.
+     *
+     * @param string $filestream
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function scanFile($filestream)
+    {
+        return $this->scan(file_get_contents($filestream));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
index 30b6b6cf..b1e076a8 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\Coordinate;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\Hyperlink;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Document\Properties;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\NamedRange;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Security\XmlScanner;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx\Chart;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\ReferenceHelper;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\RichText\RichText;
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
      */
     private static $theme = null;
 
+    /**
+     * @var XmlScanner
+     */
+    private $securityScanner;
+
     /**
      * Create a new Xlsx Reader instance.
      */
@@ -53,6 +59,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
     {
         $this->readFilter = new DefaultReadFilter();
         $this->referenceHelper = ReferenceHelper::getInstance();
+        $this->securityScanner = new XmlScanner();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
         if ($zip->open($pFilename) === true) {
             // check if it is an OOXML archive
             $rels = simplexml_load_string(
-                $this->securityScan(
+                $this->securityScanner->scan(
                     $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '_rels/.rels')
                 ),
                 'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -119,14 +126,14 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
         //    The files we're looking at here are small enough that simpleXML is more efficient than XMLReader
         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships");
         $rels = simplexml_load_string(
-            $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '_rels/.rels'))
+            $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '_rels/.rels'))
         );
         foreach ($rels->Relationship as $rel) {
             switch ($rel['Type']) {
                 case 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/officeDocument':
                     //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
                     $xmlWorkbook = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}"))
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}"))
                     );
 
                     if ($xmlWorkbook->sheets) {
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
         $rels = simplexml_load_string(
-            $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '_rels/.rels')),
+            $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '_rels/.rels')),
             'SimpleXMLElement',
             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
         );
@@ -173,7 +180,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
                 //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                 $relsWorkbook = simplexml_load_string(
-                    $this->securityScan(
+                    $this->securityScanner->scan(
                         $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/_rels/" . basename($rel['Target']) . '.rels')
                     ),
                     'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -190,7 +197,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
                 //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
                 $xmlWorkbook = simplexml_load_string(
-                    $this->securityScan(
+                    $this->securityScanner->scan(
                         $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")
                     ),
                     'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -212,7 +219,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
                         $xml = new XMLReader();
                         $xml->xml(
-                            $this->securityScanFile(
+                            $this->securityScanner->scanFile(
                                 'zip://' . File::realpath($pFilename) . '#' . "$dir/$fileWorksheet"
                             ),
                             null,
@@ -403,7 +410,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
         //    Read the theme first, because we need the colour scheme when reading the styles
         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
         $wbRels = simplexml_load_string(
-            $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, 'xl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels')),
+            $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, 'xl/_rels/workbook.xml.rels')),
             'SimpleXMLElement',
             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
         );
@@ -414,7 +421,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                     $themeOrderAdditional = count($themeOrderArray);
 
                     $xmlTheme = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "xl/{$rel['Target']}")),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "xl/{$rel['Target']}")),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -450,7 +457,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
         $rels = simplexml_load_string(
-            $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '_rels/.rels')),
+            $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '_rels/.rels')),
             'SimpleXMLElement',
             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
         );
@@ -458,7 +465,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
             switch ($rel['Type']) {
                 case 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships/metadata/core-properties':
                     $xmlCore = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -481,7 +488,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                     break;
                 case 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/extended-properties':
                     $xmlCore = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -498,7 +505,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                     break;
                 case 'http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/custom-properties':
                     $xmlCore = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -532,7 +539,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                     $dir = dirname($rel['Target']);
                     //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                     $relsWorkbook = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/_rels/" . basename($rel['Target']) . '.rels')),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/_rels/" . basename($rel['Target']) . '.rels')),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -542,7 +549,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                     $xpath = self::getArrayItem($relsWorkbook->xpath("rel:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/sharedStrings']"));
                     //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
                     $xmlStrings = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/$xpath[Target]")),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/$xpath[Target]")),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -589,7 +596,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                     $xpath = self::getArrayItem($relsWorkbook->xpath("rel:Relationship[@Type='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/styles']"));
                     //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
                     $xmlStyles = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/$xpath[Target]")),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/$xpath[Target]")),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -700,7 +707,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
                     //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
                     $xmlWorkbook = simplexml_load_string(
-                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
+                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "{$rel['Target']}")),
                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                     );
@@ -752,7 +759,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                             $fileWorksheet = $worksheets[(string) self::getArrayItem($eleSheet->attributes('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships'), 'id')];
                             //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main"
                             $xmlSheet = simplexml_load_string(
-                                $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/$fileWorksheet")),
+                                $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, "$dir/$fileWorksheet")),
                                 'SimpleXMLElement',
                                 Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                             );
@@ -1315,7 +1322,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                 if ($zip->locateName(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')) {
                                     //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                                     $relsWorksheet = simplexml_load_string(
-                                        $this->securityScan(
+                                        $this->securityScanner->scan(
                                             $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')
                                         ),
                                         'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -1364,7 +1371,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                 if ($zip->locateName(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')) {
                                     //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                                     $relsWorksheet = simplexml_load_string(
-                                        $this->securityScan(
+                                        $this->securityScanner->scan(
                                             $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')
                                         ),
                                         'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -1385,7 +1392,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                     // Load comments file
                                     $relPath = File::realpath(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/' . $relPath);
                                     $commentsFile = simplexml_load_string(
-                                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $relPath)),
+                                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $relPath)),
                                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                                     );
@@ -1415,7 +1422,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                     // Load VML comments file
                                     $relPath = File::realpath(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/' . $relPath);
                                     $vmlCommentsFile = simplexml_load_string(
-                                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $relPath)),
+                                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $relPath)),
                                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                                     );
@@ -1489,7 +1496,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                         $unparsedVmlDrawing[$rId] = [];
                                         $unparsedVmlDrawing[$rId]['filePath'] = self::dirAdd("$dir/$fileWorksheet", $relPath);
                                         $unparsedVmlDrawing[$rId]['relFilePath'] = $relPath;
-                                        $unparsedVmlDrawing[$rId]['content'] = $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $unparsedVmlDrawing[$rId]['filePath']));
+                                        $unparsedVmlDrawing[$rId]['content'] = $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $unparsedVmlDrawing[$rId]['filePath']));
                                         unset($unparsedVmlDrawing);
                                     }
                                 }
@@ -1499,7 +1506,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                     if ($zip->locateName(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')) {
                                         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                                         $relsWorksheet = simplexml_load_string(
-                                            $this->securityScan(
+                                            $this->securityScanner->scan(
                                                 $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')
                                             ),
                                             'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -1517,7 +1524,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                             // Fetch linked images
                                             //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                                             $relsVML = simplexml_load_string(
-                                                $this->securityScan(
+                                                $this->securityScanner->scan(
                                                     $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname($vmlRelationship) . '/_rels/' . basename($vmlRelationship) . '.rels')
                                                 ),
                                                 'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -1532,7 +1539,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
                                             // Fetch VML document
                                             $vmlDrawing = simplexml_load_string(
-                                                $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $vmlRelationship)),
+                                                $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $vmlRelationship)),
                                                 'SimpleXMLElement',
                                                 Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                                             );
@@ -1580,7 +1587,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                             if ($zip->locateName(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')) {
                                 //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                                 $relsWorksheet = simplexml_load_string(
-                                    $this->securityScan(
+                                    $this->securityScanner->scan(
                                         $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')
                                     ),
                                     'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -1597,7 +1604,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                         $fileDrawing = $drawings[(string) self::getArrayItem($drawing->attributes('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships'), 'id')];
                                         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
                                         $relsDrawing = simplexml_load_string(
-                                            $this->securityScan(
+                                            $this->securityScanner->scan(
                                                 $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname($fileDrawing) . '/_rels/' . basename($fileDrawing) . '.rels')
                                             ),
                                             'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -1623,7 +1630,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                             }
                                         }
                                         $xmlDrawing = simplexml_load_string(
-                                            $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $fileDrawing)),
+                                            $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $fileDrawing)),
                                             'SimpleXMLElement',
                                             Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                                         )->children('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/spreadsheetDrawing');
@@ -1762,7 +1769,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
                                     // unparsed drawing AlternateContent
                                     $xmlAltDrawing = simplexml_load_string(
-                                        $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $fileDrawing)),
+                                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $fileDrawing)),
                                         'SimpleXMLElement',
                                         Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
                                     )->children('http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006');
@@ -1981,7 +1988,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
         if (!$this->readDataOnly) {
             $contentTypes = simplexml_load_string(
-                $this->securityScan(
+                $this->securityScanner->scan(
                     $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, '[Content_Types].xml')
                 ),
                 'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -2005,7 +2012,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                         if ($this->includeCharts) {
                             $chartEntryRef = ltrim($contentType['PartName'], '/');
                             $chartElements = simplexml_load_string(
-                                $this->securityScan(
+                                $this->securityScanner->scan(
                                     $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $chartEntryRef)
                                 ),
                                 'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -2292,7 +2299,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
         if ($dataRels) {
             // exists and not empty if the ribbon have some pictures (other than internal MSO)
             $UIRels = simplexml_load_string(
-                $this->securityScan($dataRels),
+                $this->securityScanner->scan($dataRels),
                 'SimpleXMLElement',
                 Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
             );
@@ -2429,7 +2436,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
         $relsWorksheet = simplexml_load_string(
-            $this->securityScan(
+            $this->securityScanner->scan(
                 $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')
             ),
             'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -2448,7 +2455,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
             $unparsedCtrlProps[$rId] = [];
             $unparsedCtrlProps[$rId]['filePath'] = self::dirAdd("$dir/$fileWorksheet", $ctrlProp['Target']);
             $unparsedCtrlProps[$rId]['relFilePath'] = (string) $ctrlProp['Target'];
-            $unparsedCtrlProps[$rId]['content'] = $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $unparsedCtrlProps[$rId]['filePath']));
+            $unparsedCtrlProps[$rId]['content'] = $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $unparsedCtrlProps[$rId]['filePath']));
         }
         unset($unparsedCtrlProps);
     }
@@ -2461,7 +2468,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
 
         //~ http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships"
         $relsWorksheet = simplexml_load_string(
-            $this->securityScan(
+            $this->securityScanner->scan(
                 $this->getFromZipArchive($zip, dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/_rels/' . basename($fileWorksheet) . '.rels')
             ),
             'SimpleXMLElement',
@@ -2480,7 +2487,7 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
             $unparsedPrinterSettings[$rId] = [];
             $unparsedPrinterSettings[$rId]['filePath'] = self::dirAdd("$dir/$fileWorksheet", $printerSettings['Target']);
             $unparsedPrinterSettings[$rId]['relFilePath'] = (string) $printerSettings['Target'];
-            $unparsedPrinterSettings[$rId]['content'] = $this->securityScan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $unparsedPrinterSettings[$rId]['filePath']));
+            $unparsedPrinterSettings[$rId]['content'] = $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $unparsedPrinterSettings[$rId]['filePath']));
         }
         unset($unparsedPrinterSettings);
     }
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php
index 65babc38..9e982f2a 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xml.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\Coordinate;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Document\Properties;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Security\XmlScanner;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\RichText\RichText;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date;
@@ -35,12 +36,18 @@ class Xml extends BaseReader
      */
     protected $charSet = 'UTF-8';
 
+    /**
+     * @var XmlScanner
+     */
+    private $securityScanner;
+
     /**
      * Create a new Excel2003XML Reader instance.
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
         $this->readFilter = new DefaultReadFilter();
+        $this->securityScanner = new XmlScanner();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ class Xml extends BaseReader
     {
         try {
             $xml = simplexml_load_string(
-                $this->securityScan(file_get_contents($pFilename)),
+                $this->securityScanner->scan(file_get_contents($pFilename)),
                 'SimpleXMLElement',
                 Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
             );
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Security/XmlScannerTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Security/XmlScannerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b914de08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/Security/XmlScannerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader\Security;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Security\XmlScanner;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class XmlScannerTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider providerValidXML
+     *
+     * @param mixed $filename
+     * @param mixed $expectedResult
+     */
+    public function testValidXML($filename, $expectedResult)
+    {
+        $reader = new XmlScanner();
+        $result = $reader->scanFile($filename);
+        self::assertEquals($expectedResult, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function providerValidXML()
+    {
+        $tests = [];
+        foreach (glob(__DIR__ . '/../../../data/Reader/Xml/XEETestValid*.xml') as $file) {
+            $tests[basename($file)] = [realpath($file), file_get_contents($file)];
+        }
+
+        return $tests;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider providerInvalidXML
+     *
+     * @param mixed $filename
+     */
+    public function testInvalidXML($filename)
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Exception::class);
+
+        $reader = new XmlScanner();
+        $expectedResult = 'FAILURE: Should throw an Exception rather than return a value';
+        $result = $reader->scanFile($filename);
+        self::assertEquals($expectedResult, $result);
+    }
+
+    public function providerInvalidXML()
+    {
+        $tests = [];
+        foreach (glob(__DIR__ . '/../../../data/Reader/Xml/XEETestInvalidUTF*.xml') as $file) {
+            $tests[basename($file)] = [realpath($file)];
+        }
+
+        return $tests;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XmlTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XmlTest.php
index 43240481..f085f437 100644
--- a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XmlTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XmlTest.php
@@ -3,37 +3,11 @@
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Reader;
 
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\DataType;
-use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\BaseReader;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xml;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 class XmlTest extends TestCase
 {
-    /**
-     * @dataProvider providerInvalidXML
-     *
-     * @param mixed $filename
-     */
-    public function testInvalidXML($filename)
-    {
-        $this->expectException(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Exception::class);
-
-        $reader = $this->getMockForAbstractClass(BaseReader::class);
-        $expectedResult = 'FAILURE: Should throw an Exception rather than return a value';
-        $result = $reader->securityScanFile($filename);
-        self::assertEquals($expectedResult, $result);
-    }
-
-    public function providerInvalidXML()
-    {
-        $tests = [];
-        foreach (glob(__DIR__ . '/../../data/Reader/Xml/XEETestInvalidUTF*.xml') as $file) {
-            $tests[basename($file)] = [realpath($file)];
-        }
-
-        return $tests;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @dataProvider providerInvalidSimpleXML
      *
@@ -57,29 +31,6 @@ class XmlTest extends TestCase
         return $tests;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @dataProvider providerValidXML
-     *
-     * @param mixed $filename
-     * @param mixed $expectedResult
-     */
-    public function testValidXML($filename, $expectedResult)
-    {
-        $reader = $this->getMockForAbstractClass(BaseReader::class);
-        $result = $reader->securityScanFile($filename);
-        self::assertEquals($expectedResult, $result);
-    }
-
-    public function providerValidXML()
-    {
-        $tests = [];
-        foreach (glob(__DIR__ . '/../../data/Reader/Xml/XEETestValid*.xml') as $file) {
-            $tests[basename($file)] = [realpath($file), file_get_contents($file)];
-        }
-
-        return $tests;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Check if it can read XML Hyperlink correctly.
      */
diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/Xml/XEETestInvalidUTF-7.xml b/tests/data/Reader/Xml/XEETestInvalidUTF-7.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b791d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/Reader/Xml/XEETestInvalidUTF-7.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-7"?>
++ADwAIQ-DOCTYPE xmlrootname +AFsAPAAh-ENTITY +ACU aaa SYSTEM +ACI-http://127.0.0.1:8080/ext.dtd+ACIAPgAl-aaa+ADsAJQ-ccc+ADsAJQ-ddd+ADsAXQA+
\ No newline at end of file