What is CVE-2021-40497?

CVE-2021-40497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Analysis, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-40497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Analysis

CVE-2021-40497

SAP BusinessObjects Analysis (edition for OLAP) - versions 420, 430, allows an attacker to exploit certain application endpoints to read sensitive data. These endpoints are normally exposed over the network and successful exploitation could lead to exposure of some system specific data like its version.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.6th 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:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Sap Businessobjects_analysis — versions 420, 430
Sap Se Businessobjects Analysis, (Edition For Olap) — versions < 420, < 430

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40497?: CVE-2021-40497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Analysis, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-40497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.