What is CVE-2019-0259?

CVE-2019-0259 is a critical-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2019-0259?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in SAP Businessobjects

CVE-2019-0259

SAP BusinessObjects, versions 4.2 and 4.3, (Visual Difference) allows an attacker to upload any file (including script files) without proper file format validation.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-21.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.020 · change: +0.002

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects — versions 4.2, 4.3
SAP Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform Servers (Enterprise) — versions < 4.2, < 4.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/106997 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0259?: CVE-2019-0259 is a critical-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-0259?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.