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)

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 4.1, 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

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