# CVE-2020-6245: Code injection in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform

> An attacker with local access can inject code into SAP Business Objects BI Platform, leading to arbitrary code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 May 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p6p8-j2vx-pqvh

## What is CVE-2020-6245?

CVE-2020-6245 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 12 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform, version 4.2, allows an attacker with access to local instance, to inject file or code that can be executed by the application due to Improper Control of Resource Identifiers.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component), CWE-99 (Improper Control of Resource Identifiers)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6245?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6245?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6245 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6245 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6245 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

- [CVE-2023-0018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0018/): Cross-site scripting in BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central management console) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-0022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0022/): Code Injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (Analysis edition for OLAP) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-6242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6242/): Auth bypass in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Live Data Connect) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26831/): XML external entity in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Crystal Report) (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-6219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6219/): Deserialization in Crystal Reports for VS (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6245 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6245 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 12 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6245 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap Businessobjects 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-2020-6245/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6245/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6245
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6245
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6245

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