CVE-2018-2397
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, 4.00, 4.10, 4.20, 4.30, the Central Management Console (CMC) does not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs which results in Cross-Site Scripting.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform's Central Management Console (CMC). The CMC fails to sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other users who access the CMC.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4.00= 4.10= 4.20= 4.30CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform installationCheck for the presence of SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform in your environment by looking for typical installation directories (commonly under C:\Program Files\SAP BusinessObjects or /opt/sapbo) or by querying installed software on Windows systems using 'Programs and Features' or 'Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product' on Linux/Unix systems checking for SAP BusinessObjects entries.Affected if The software is not found, then this CVE does not apply to your environment.
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Determine the installed versionLocate the version information by checking the CMC login page typically accessible at http(s)://<hostname>:8080/CMC or the SAP BusinessObjects installation directory for a version file. On Windows, you can also check via Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\SAP BusinessObjects\Suite XI 4.0\InstallDir or query the SAP BusinessObjects deployment manager.Affected if The installed version is one of: 4.00, 4.10, 4.20, or 4.30.
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Confirm Central Management Console accessibilityAttempt to access the CMC web interface by navigating to the CMC URL (commonly /BOE/CMC or /CMC depending on the deployment) on your BusinessObjects server. Check if the CMC web application is running and reachable.Affected if The CMC is accessible over the network and the version falls within the affected range.
Your environment is affected if SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform is installed with version 4.00, 4.10, 4.20, or 4.30 AND the Central Management Console is accessible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply SAP security patches for CVE-2018-2397. Until patched, implement input validation and consider deploying Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS exploitation in the CMC.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-2397 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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