What is CVE-2023-27896?

CVE-2023-27896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-27896?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SSRF in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence

CVE-2023-27896

In SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, an attacker can control a malicious BOE server, forcing the application server to connect to its own CMS, leading to a high impact on availability.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published 2023-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.2% 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 Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services) — versions 420, 430

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required)
www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-27896?: CVE-2023-27896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-27896?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.