# CVE-2019-14678: SAS XML Mapper 9.45 has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability that can be leveraged by malicious attackers in multiple ways.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2019-11-14 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

SAS XML Mapper 9.45 has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability that can be leveraged by malicious attackers in multiple ways. Examples are Local File Reading, Out Of Band File Exfiltration, Server Side Request Forgery, and/or Potential Denial of Service attacks. This vulnerability also affects the XMLV2 LIBNAME engine when the AUTOMAP option is used.

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## References

- https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2019-14678-Unsafe%20XML%20Parsing-SAS%20XML%20Mapper
- http://support.sas.com/kb/64/719.html
- https://github.com/mbadanoiu/CVE-2019-14678

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