What is CVE-2020-6257?

CVE-2020-6257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-6257?

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

XSS in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2020-6257

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (CMC and BI Launchpad) 4.2 does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sap Businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform — versions 4.2
Sap Se Business Objects Intelligence Platform (Cmc And Bi Launchpad) — versions < 4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cna@sap.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cna@sap.com (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6257?: CVE-2020-6257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-6257?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.