What is CVE-2022-28216?

CVE-2022-28216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-28216?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-28216 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2022-28216

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BI Workspace) - version 420, is susceptible to a Cross-Site Scripting attack by an unauthenticated attacker due to improper sanitization of the user inputs on the network. On successful exploitation, an attacker can access certain reports causing a limited impact on confidentiality of the application data.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sap Businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform — versions 420
Sap Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform (Bi Workspace) — versions 420

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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-2022-28216?: CVE-2022-28216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-28216?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-28216 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.