What is CVE-2018-2479?

CVE-2018-2479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects_bi_platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-2479?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Sap Businessobjects_bi_platform

CVE-2018-2479

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sap Businessobjects_bi_platform — versions 4.1, 4.2
Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform (Biworkspace) — versions = 4.1, = 4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cna@sap.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cna@sap.com (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cna@sap.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-2479?: CVE-2018-2479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects_bi_platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-2479?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.