CVE-2019-0335
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 · uneditedUnder certain conditions SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console), versions 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, allows an attacker to store a malicious payload within the description field of a user account. The payload is triggered when the mouse cursor is moved over the description field in the list, when generating the little yellow informational pop up box, resulting in Stored Cross Site Scripting Attack.
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 confidenceStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform's Central Management Console. An attacker can embed malicious JavaScript in the description field of a user account, which executes when users hover over the field triggering the informational tooltip popup.
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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= 4.1= 4.2= 4.3CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 versionCheck the installed version of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform. In the CMC, go to 'About SAP BusinessObjects' or check the installer/registry for version numbers 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3.Affected if The installed version matches 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 exactly as listed in the affected versions.
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Confirm Central Management Console is accessibleAccess the CMC web interface by navigating to the SAP BusinessObjects URL (typically /BOE/CMC or /BOE/BI). Log in with an administrator account.Affected if The CMC web interface is available and reachable.
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Review user account description fieldsIn the CMC, navigate to the 'Users and Groups' section. Examine each user account and inspect the 'Description' field for any content containing script tags (<script>), JavaScript event handlers (onclick, onmouseover, etc.), or suspicious encoded characters.Affected if Any user account has a description field containing executable script content or HTML/JavaScript markup.
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Test tooltip behavior on user descriptionsHover the mouse cursor over the description field of a user account in the CMC to trigger the tooltip popup. Observe if any embedded JavaScript executes or if the content renders as raw HTML.Affected if Hovering over a user description field causes script execution or renders unescaped HTML in the tooltip.
Your environment is affected if you run BusinessObjects BI platform versions 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 and the CMC is accessible with user accounts containing malicious script content in their description fields.
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 dataImplement input validation and output encoding/sanitization on the user description field in the CMC to neutralize malicious script payloads before storage and before rendering in tooltips.
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- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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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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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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