What is CVE-2023-23856?

CVE-2023-23856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Business Objects Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-23856?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

XSS in Sap Business Objects Intelligence Platform

CVE-2023-23856

In SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (Web Intelligence user interface) - version 430, some calls return json with wrong content type in the header of the response. As a result, a custom application that calls directly the jsp of Web Intelligence DHTML may be vulnerable to XSS attacks. On successful exploitation an attacker can cause a low impact on integrity of the application.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sap Business_objects_business_intelligence_platform — versions 430
Sap_se Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence (Web Ui) — versions 430

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23856?: CVE-2023-23856 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Business Objects Intelligence Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-23856?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.