CVE-2018-2479

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Published Nov 13, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BIWorkspace), versions 4.1 and 4.2, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SAP

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BIWorkspace)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`= 4.1`	affected	—
`= 4.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_bi_platform:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_bi_platform:4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-14334	SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (BIWorkspace), versions 4.1 and 4.2, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.337% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105902
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2676094
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=503809832

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sap Businessobjects Bi Platform

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: sap
Published: Nov 13, 2018, 8:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 4:21 AM
Reserved: Dec 15, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:55 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 13, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:55 AM

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