TI-2021-17547 Aliases CVE-2021-40500 GHSA-m39x-pwc9-4whq

XML external entity injection in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

LOW 35CWE-611Published 2021-10-12 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports) - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit missing XML validations at endpoints to read sensitive data. These endpoints are normally exposed over the network and successful exploitation can enable the attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01303 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports) (SAP SE): 420, 430

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 BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports)	before 420; before 430	420, 430	Patch available	CNA

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports) VendorSAP Affected before 420; before 430 Fixed in 420, 430 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.20:::::::*	4.20	Vulnerable	SAP
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.30:::::::*	4.30	Vulnerable	SAP

cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.20 Vulnerable ·SAP
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.30 Vulnerable ·SAP

Remediation

Fix · CNA SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports) (SAP SE) Fixed in 420, 430

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40500
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m39x-pwc9-4whq

References

Advisory 1

https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=587169983

Other 1

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3074693

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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