# CVE-2018-2427: Code injection in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite

> An attacker can inject code into SAP BusinessObjects or Crystal Reports to execute arbitrary commands and control application behavior.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vphf-hf77-v4w4

## What is CVE-2018-2427?

CVE-2018-2427 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite, published on 10 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite, versions 4.10 and 4.20, and SAP Crystal Reports (version for Visual Studio .NET, Version 2010) allows an attacker to inject code that can be executed by the application. An attacker could thereby control the behaviour of the application.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2427?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence, Sap Crystal Reports.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-2427?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2427 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-2427 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite

- [CVE-2023-40622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40622/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-41203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41203/): Deserialization in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console and BI Launchpad) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-28765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28765/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management ) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-2445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2445/): Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-28762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28762/): Information Disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-2427 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-2427 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite, published on 10 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2427 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Suite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2427/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2427/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2427
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2427
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2427

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