What is CVE-2021-33696?

CVE-2021-33696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2021-33696?

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

XSS in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence

CVE-2021-33696

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Report), versions - 420, 430, does not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs and therefore an authorized attacker can exploit a XSS vulnerability, leading to non-permanently deface or modify displayed content from a Web site.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-09-15 · 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 (38.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.7% 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 — versions 420, 430
SAP Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Report) — versions < 420, < 430

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33696?: CVE-2021-33696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2021-33696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.