CVE-2023-36917
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, allows an unauthorized attacker who had hijacked a user session, to be able to bypass the victim’s old password via brute force, due to unrestricted rate limit for password change functionality. Although the attack has no impact on integrity loss or system availability, this could lead to an attacker to completely takeover a victim’s account.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- sap businessobjects business intelligence= 420nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- sap businessobjects business intelligence= 430nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2023-1705SAP Patchday Juli 2023Deutsch2023-07-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SAP Software ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code oder Betriebssystembefehle auszuführen, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, einen Denial of Service-Zustand auszulösen oder Informationen offenzulegen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-36917/cnnvd
- https://me.sap.com/notes/3320702cnnvd
- https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.htmlcnnvd
- https://me.sap.com/notes/3320702enisa_euvd
- https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://me.sap.com/notes/3320702Permissions Requirednvd
- https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
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