CVE-2023-30740
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 - versions 420, 430, allows an authenticated attacker to access sensitive information which is otherwise restricted. On successful exploitation, there could be a high impact on confidentiality, limited impact on integrity and availability of the application.
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 confidenceIn SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform versions 420 and 430, an authenticated attacker can bypass access controls to access sensitive information that should be restricted. This is an information disclosure vulnerability with high confidentiality impact stemming from improper authorization checks.
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= 420= 430CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
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 installed SAP BusinessObjects versionLog into the Central Management Console (CMC) and navigate to the About page, or use the command 'cwconfig.exe -version' (Windows) or './cwconfig' (Unix) from the BusinessObjects installation directory to retrieve the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is exactly 420 or 430 (these are the affected versions)
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Verify user role assignments in CMCOpen the Central Management Console (CMC) and review the Users and Groups management section. Examine the role memberships for each user, particularly those with access to sensitive reports or data sourcesAffected if Users are assigned to roles that grant broader data access than intended, or there are role assignments that bypass normal authorization checks
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Review access control lists (ACLs) for sensitive objectsIn the CMC, navigate to theFolders or Objects management section and inspect the Security properties of sensitive Web Intelligence documents, Crystal Reports, and universes. Check which users and groups have access rightsAffected if Objects expose sensitive data to users or groups that should not have access, indicating improper ACL configuration
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Check for unauthorized data access via Web IntelligenceMonitor or review Web Intelligence document query logs and check if users can successfully run queries against data sources they should not have rights to access. Inspect the query panel restrictions for standard usersAffected if Authenticated users can retrieve data from restricted universes or data sources they are not authorized to query
A user is affected if their SAP BusinessObjects installation is version 420 or 430 AND improper access controls exist that allow authenticated users to access sensitive information beyond their intended permissions.
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 the relevant SAP security patch when available and review user role assignments and access control lists to ensure proper segregation of sensitive data.
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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-2023-30740 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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