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CVE-2023-42472 — Due to insufficient file type validation, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intellige

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 authenticate

CVSS
8.7 HIGH
EPSS
22.00% (top 56.10%)
CWE
CWE-434
Published
2023-09-12T01:58:32.439Z
Last modified
2024-09-26T14:44:15.752Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SAP_SESAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface)420

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

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

09References

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