What is CVE-2018-2483?

CVE-2018-2483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2018-2483?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence

CVE-2018-2483

HTTP Verb Tampering is possible in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, versions 4.1 and 4.2, Central Management Console (CMC) by changing request method.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2018-11-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence — versions 4.1, 4.2
SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform — versions = 4.1, = 4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/105899 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-2483?: CVE-2018-2483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-2483?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.