# CVE-2019-0396: XML external entity in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface)

> An attacker can exploit insufficient XML validation in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence to potentially read sensitive data or execute code.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xr92-rw38-fmg9

## What is CVE-2019-0396?

CVE-2019-0396 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 13 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface), corrected in versions 4.1 and 4.2, does not sufficiently validate an XML document accepted from an untrusted source. An attacker can craft a message that contains malicious elements that will not be correctly filtered by Web Intelligence HTML interface in some specific workflows.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0396?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-0396?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0396 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-0396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

- [CVE-2023-0018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0018/): Cross-site scripting in BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central management console) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-0022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0022/): Code Injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (Analysis edition for OLAP) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-6242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6242/): Auth bypass in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Live Data Connect) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26831/): XML external entity in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Crystal Report) (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-6219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6219/): Deserialization in Crystal Reports for VS (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-0396 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-0396 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 13 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0396/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0396/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0396
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0396
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0396

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