CVE-2018-2479 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BIWorkspace), versions 4.1 and 4.2, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Published: 2018-11-13

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SAP

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BIWorkspace)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`= 4.1`	affected	—
`= 4.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_bi_platform:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_bi_platform:4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-14334	SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BIWorkspace), versions 4.1 and 4.2, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00369.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105902
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2676094
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=503809832

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sap Businessobjects Bi Platform

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: sap

Published: 2018-11-13T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T04:21:34.148Z

Reserved: 2017-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-2479

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-11-13T20:29:00.513

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:03:53.513

Link: CVE-2018-2479

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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