Businessobjects Business Intelligence
CVE-2023-31406
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Due to insufficient input validation, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attacker to redirect users to untrusted site using a malicious. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Due to insufficient input validation, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attacker to redirect users to untrusted site using a malicious link. On successful exploitation, an attacker can view or modify information causing a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application. Affected products include: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Due to insufficient input validation, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attacker to redirect users to untrusted site using a malicious link. On successful exploitation, an attacker can view or modify information causing a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) - versions 420, 430, under certain condition a
An attacker with basic privileges in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) - version
AdminTools in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence, versions 4.1, 4.2, allows an attacker to manipulate the vulnera
SAP Business Objects Installer - versions 420, 430, allows an authenticated attacker within the network to overwrite an
In some workflow of SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Central Management Console and BI LaunchPad), an authenticated atta
In SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence, versions 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2, while viewing a Web Intelligence report from BI
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite, versions 4.10 and 4.20, and SAP Crystal Reports (version for Visual Stu
Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects BI Workspace that allows unauthenticated attacker
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Open Document) - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attack
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (CMC Module), versions 4.10, 4.20 and 4.30, does not sufficiently val
During an update of SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise, Central Management Server (CMS) - versions 420, 430, authentication
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - versions 420, 430, allows an authenticated attacker to access sensi
GitHub PoC
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