What is CVE-2023-42474?

CVE-2023-42474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Web Intelligence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-42474?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in SAP Businessobjects Web Intelligence

CVE-2023-42474

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence - version 420, has a URL with parameter that could be vulnerable to XSS attack. The attacker could send a malicious link to a user that would possibly allow an attacker to retrieve the sensitive information.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Businessobjects Web Intelligence — versions 420
SAP Se Businessobjects Web Intelligence — versions 420

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

me.sap.com/notes/3372991 (Permissions Required)
www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42474?: CVE-2023-42474 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Businessobjects Web Intelligence, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-42474?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.