# CVE-2020-6288: File upload in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface)

> An attacker with edit rights can upload malicious scripts via the Web Intelligence interface, potentially executing code in the victim's browser session.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/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:** 9 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g434-x599-83p4

## What is CVE-2020-6288?

CVE-2020-6288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 9 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6288?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6288?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6288 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6288 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-2020-6288 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 9 Sep 2020. 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-2020-6288 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-2020-6288/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6288/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6288
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6288
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6288

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