What is CVE-2020-6278?

CVE-2020-6278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-07-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-6278?

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

XSS in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2020-6278

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (BI Launchpad and CMC), versions 4.1, 4.2, allows to an attacker to embed malicious scripts in the application while uploading images, which gets executed when the victim opens these files, leading to Stored Cross Site Scripting

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-07-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform — versions 4.1, 4.2
SAP Se Business Objects Intelligence Platform (Bi Launchpad And Cmc) — versions < 4.1, < 4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6278?: CVE-2020-6278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-07-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-6278?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.