CVE-2017-6061 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the help component of SAP BusinessOb

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the help component of SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation 10.0.0.1933 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a GET request. /finance/help/en/frameset.htm is the URI for this component. The vendor resp

01What is this vulnerability?

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the help component of SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation 10.0.0.1933 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a GET request. /finance/help/en/frameset.htm is the URI for this component. The vendor response is SAP Security Note 2368106.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-03-16T04:59:00.200
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141349/SAP-BusinessObjects-Financial-Consol…
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/69
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96461
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037910
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141349/SAP-BusinessObjects-Financial-Consol…
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/69
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96461
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037910