Arbitrary file upload in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2020-6288

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) allows an attacker with edit document rights to upload any file (including script files) without proper file format validation leading to Unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability. The attacker can modify some formulas and display erroneous content. The server is not affected only the current user browser session, that can easily be closed.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6288?
CVE-2020-6288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-09-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-6288?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-6288 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.