What is CVE-2019-0251?

CVE-2019-0251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-0251?

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

XSS in SAP Businessobjects

CVE-2019-0251

The Fiori Launchpad of SAP BusinessObjects, before versions 4.2 and 4.3, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (66.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.011 · change: -0.002

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects — versions 4.2, 4.3
SAP Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform (Fiori Launchpad) — versions < 4.2, < 4.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/106993 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0251?: CVE-2019-0251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-0251?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.