VDB-125181 · CVE-2018-2472 · BID 105531

SAP Business Intelligence 4.10/4.20 Web Intelligence DHTML Client HTML injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAP Business Intelligence 4.10/4.20. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Intelligence DHTML Client. Performing a manipulation results in HTML injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-2472. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SAP Business Intelligence 4.10/4.20 (Business Process Management Software). This affects an unknown function of the component Web Intelligence DHTML Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform 4.10 and 4.20 (Web Intelligence DHTML client) does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 10/09/2018. The weakness was released 10/09/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at wiki.scn.sap.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-2472 since 12/14/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/01/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105531†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-125182, VDB-125175, VDB-125176 and VDB-125177. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: HTML injection
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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12/14/2017 🔍
10/09/2018 +298 days 🔍
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04/01/2020 +539 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sap.com

Advisory: wiki.scn.sap.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-2472 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-2472
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125181
SecurityFocus: 105531 - SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence CVE-2018-2472 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/10/2018 13:20
Updated: 04/01/2020 14:14
Changes: 10/10/2018 13:20 (59), 04/01/2020 14:14 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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