SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform CVE-2018-2397 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	103373
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2018-2397
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 13 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 13 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform 4.30 SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform 4.20 SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform 4.10 SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform 4.00
Not Vulnerable:

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform CVE-2018-2397 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform 4.00, 4.10, 4.20, and 4.30 are vulnerable.

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform CVE-2018-2397 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform CVE-2018-2397 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform CVE-2018-2397 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• SAP Homepage (SAP)
  
• SAP Security Note # 2550538 (SAP)
  
• SAP Security Patch Day �?? March 2018 (SAP)