What is CVE-2020-6223?

CVE-2020-6223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-6223?

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

Open Redirect in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2020-6223

The open document of SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, versions 4.1, 4.2, allows an attacker to modify certain error pages to include malicious content. This can misdirect a user who is tricked into accessing these error pages rendered by the application, leading to Content Spoofing.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2020-04-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform — versions 4.1, 4.2
SAP Se Business Objects Intelligence Platform — versions < 4.1, < 4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6223?: CVE-2020-6223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-6223?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.