CVE-2019-0398
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 · uneditedDue to insufficient CSRF protection, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Monitoring Application), before versions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, may lead to an authenticated user to send unintended request to the web server, leading to Cross Site Request Forgery.
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 confidenceThis is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform's Monitoring Application. The application lacks proper CSRF protection mechanisms, allowing attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the web server. An attacker could potentially perform actions on behalf of a logged-in user without their consent.
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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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 if Monitoring Application is enabledAccess SAP BusinessObjects Central Management Console (CMC) and navigate to Applications to confirm if the Monitoring Application is deployed and enabledAffected if The Monitoring Application is enabled and running
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Check installed SAP BusinessObjects versionIn CMC, go to About or check the version information in the Central Configuration Manager (CCM) to determine the exact BI Platform versionAffected if Version is 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 (any of the listed affected versions)
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Inspect web forms in Monitoring Application for CSRF tokensLog into the Monitoring Application web interface, access state-changing forms (configuration, user management, system settings), and view page source to check for presence of anti-CSRF token fieldsAffected if Forms lack CSRF token parameters (such as csrfToken, sap-XSRFTOKEN, or similar)
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Verify CSRF token validation on server sideCapture a legitimate form submission using a web proxy, then replay the request without the token or with an invalid token to see if the server accepts itAffected if Server accepts and processes requests without valid CSRF tokens
A user is affected if they run SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform versions 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3 with the Monitoring Application enabled and the application lacks CSRF tokens on state-changing operations
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 anti-CSRF tokens on all state-changing operations (forms and AJAX requests) within the Monitoring Application and validate these tokens on the server side. Ensure tokens are unique per session and properly tied to user authentication.
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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-2019-0398 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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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