# CVE-2020-6220: Cross-site scripting in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform

> Cross-site scripting in SAP Business Objects allows attackers to execute scripts in victim sessions, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8mxc-g6f2-mx4g

## What is CVE-2020-6220?

CVE-2020-6220 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 6 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

BI Launchpad and CMC in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, versions 4.1, 4.2, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Exploit is possible only when the bttoken in victim’s session is active.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6220?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6220?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6220 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6220 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform

- [CVE-2023-25616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25616/): Code Injection vulnerability in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (CMC) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-41267](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41267/): File upload in BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-41730](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41730/): Missing Authentication check in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-25617](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25617/): OS Command Execution vulnerability in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Adaptive Job Server) (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2022-39013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39013/): Information disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Program Objects) (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6220 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6220 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 6 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6220 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform. 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-2020-6220/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6220/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6220
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6220
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6220

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