Vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence
CVE-2023-36917
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, allows an unauthorized attacker who had hijacked a user session, to be able to bypass the victim’s old password via brute force, due to unrestricted rate limit for password change functionality. Although the attack has no impact on integrity loss or system availability, this could lead to an attacker to completely takeover a victim’s account.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence — versions 420, 430
- SAP Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform — versions 4.20, 430
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- me.sap.com/notes/3320702 (Permissions Required)
- www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-36917?
- CVE-2023-36917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Business Intelligence, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-07-11.
- How severe is CVE-2023-36917?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.