TI-2023-18701 Aliases CVE-2023-36917 GHSA-4m3h-hm42-fpq8

Password Change rate limit bypass in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

LOW 34CWE-307Published 2023-07-11 · Updated 2024-10-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.

Summary

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, allows an unauthorized attacker who had hijacked a user session, to be able to bypass the victim’s old password via brute force, due to unrestricted rate limit for password change functionality. Although the attack has no impact on integrity loss or system availability, this could lead to an attacker to completely takeover a victim’s account.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00585 48th percentileScored 2026-11-08

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
SAP	SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform	4.20; 430	—	No fix listed	CNA

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform VendorSAP Affected 4.20; 430 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence:420:::::::*	420	Vulnerable	SAP
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence:430:::::::*	430	Vulnerable	SAP

cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence:420:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 420 Vulnerable ·SAP
cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence:430:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 430 Vulnerable ·SAP

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-36917
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4m3h-hm42-fpq8

References

Advisory 1

https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

Other 1

https://me.sap.com/notes/3320702

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TI-2023-21415 Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2018-01826 Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.6
TI-2023-13272 Information Disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2022-19715 Deserialization of untrusted data in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2018-01811 Code injection in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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