TI-2020-05140 Aliases CVE-2020-6288 GHSA-g434-x599-83p4

Unrestricted file upload in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform

LOW 25CWE-434Published 2020-09-09 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) allows an attacker with edit document rights to upload any file (including script files) without proper file format validation leading to Unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability. The attacker can modify some formulas and display erroneous content. The server is not affected only the current user browser session, that can easily be closed.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00656 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) (SAP SE): 4.1, 4.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
SAP	SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface)	before 4.1; before 4.2	4.1, 4.2	Patch available	CNA

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) VendorSAP Affected before 4.1; before 4.2 Fixed in 4.1, 4.2 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.1:-::::::	4.1	Vulnerable	SAP
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.2:-::::::	4.2	Vulnerable	SAP

cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·SAP
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·SAP

Remediation

Fix · CNA SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) (SAP SE) Fixed in 4.1, 4.2

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-6288
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g434-x599-83p4
2026-10-12 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Advisory 1

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=557449700

Other 1

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2930128

TI-2020-05160 Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2023-00018 Cross-site scripting in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2022-10999 When a user access SOAP Web services in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2023-00022 Code Injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (Analysis edition for OLAP) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2020-05098 Missing authentication in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-18743 Cross site scripting vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3

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Sources

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