What is CVE-2023-42472?

CVE-2023-42472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2023-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-42472?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2023-42472

Due to insufficient file type validation, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) - version 420, allows a report creator to upload files from local system into the report over the network. When uploading the image file, an authenticated attacker could intercept the request, modify the content type and the extension to read and modify sensitive data causing a high impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Sap Businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform — versions 420
Sap_se Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Html Interface) — versions 420

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42472?: CVE-2023-42472 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2023-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-42472?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.