5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-42061
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence) - version 420, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This allows a low privileged attacker to retrieve some data from the victim but will never be able to modify the document and publish these modifications to the server. It impacts the "Quick Prompt" workflow.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 14, 2021, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 16, 2021, 6:58 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-42061 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sap businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-42061.

URL Resource
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3103677 Permissions Required
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/PSR/SAP+Security+Patch+Day+-+December+2021 Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-42061 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-42061 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3103677 No Types Assigned https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3103677 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/PSR/SAP+Security+Patch+Day+-+December+2021 No Types Assigned https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/PSR/SAP+Security+Patch+Day+-+December+2021 Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:420:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.20527

percentile

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