What is CVE-2019-0269?

CVE-2019-0269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-0269?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence

CVE-2019-0269

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BI Workspace), versions 4.10 and 4.20, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-03-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence — versions 4.10, 4.20
SAP Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform (Bi Workspace) — versions < 4.1, < 4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107359 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0269?: CVE-2019-0269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-0269?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.