CVE-2020-6276
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 Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (bipodata), version 4.2, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
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 · moderate confidenceSAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform version 4.2 fails to properly encode user-controlled inputs in the bipodata component, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users' browsers.
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= 4.2CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/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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Confirm SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform installationLocate the SAP BusinessObjects installation directory or check system inventory for 'SAP BusinessObjects' or 'BusinessObjects' software. Common paths include C:\Program Files\SAP BusinessObjects or /opt/sap/businessobjects/Affected if SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform is not installed on the system
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Verify the installed version is exactly 4.2Check the version of SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform using the SAP BusinessObjects CMC (Central Management Console), the installation manifest, or by running: ls <install_path>/sap_businessobjects/enterprise_xi40/warfiles/webapps/biportal/WEB-INF or checking the version.txt in the installation directoryAffected if The installed version is anything other than exactly 4.2 (the vulnerability affects only version 4.2)
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Confirm the bipodata component is deployed and accessibleCheck if the bipodata web application or servlet is deployed in the SAP BusinessObjects web container. Verify the path <install_path>/sap_businessobjects/enterprise_xi40/warfiles/webapps/ contains bipodata or check the web.xml for bipodata servlet mappingsAffected if The bipodata component is not present or not deployed in the web application server
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Verify the web interface is accessibleAttempt to access the SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform web interface (typically at http(s)://<hostname>:<port>/BOE/BI or /sap/boc) to confirm the web applications are running and reachableAffected if The web interface is not accessible, meaning users cannot interact with the vulnerable bipodata component
You are affected only if SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform version 4.2 is installed AND the bipodata web component is deployed and accessible for user interaction.
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 contextual output encoding for all user-controlled inputs and deploy Content Security Policy headers to mitigate XSS execution.
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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-2020-6276 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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