CVE-2019-0374
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 · uneditedSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface), before versions 4.2 and 4.3, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs and allows execution of scripts in the chart title resulting in reflected 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 confidenceSAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform's Web Intelligence HTML interface contains a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the chart title functionality. User-supplied input in the chart title field is not properly encoded before being rendered in HTML, allowing an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the context of the victim's browser session.
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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= 4.0= 4.1= 4.2CVSS 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:3.1/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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Identify SAP BusinessObjects versionCheck the installed version of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform through the SAP BusinessObjects CMC (Central Management Console) or by reviewing system documentationAffected if The version is 4.0, 4.1, or 4.2 (any version up to and including these)
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Verify Web Intelligence component is enabledConfirm that the Web Intelligence (WebI) HTML interface component is installed and accessible in the SAP BusinessObjects environmentAffected if Web Intelligence HTML interface is available and users can access the WebI reporting tool
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Confirm chart title functionality accessCheck if users have access to create or modify Web Intelligence documents that include charts with editable titlesAffected if Users can access Web Intelligence documents and modify chart properties including titles
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Test for reflected XSS in chart titleCreate or edit a Web Intelligence document chart, insert a script tag in the chart title field (e.g., <script>alert(1)</script>), then view the document to see if the script executesAffected if The JavaScript executes in the browser when the chart title is rendered, indicating the XSS vulnerability is present
A user is affected if they run SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform version 4.0, 4.1, or 4.2 with the Web Intelligence HTML interface enabled and users can create or modify chart titles that are rendered without proper encoding.
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 dataUpgrade SAP BusinessObjects to version 4.2 or later. Alternatively, implement strict input validation and output encoding on chart title fields, and configure Content Security Policy headers to mitigate script execution.
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