CVE-2020-6308 Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services)

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit Server-Side Request Forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Web Services to scan internal networks and access restricted resources.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-6308?

CVE-2020-6308 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 20 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services) versions - 410, 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary values as CMS parameters to perform lookups on the internal network which is otherwise not accessible externally. On successful exploitation, attacker can scan internal network to determine internal infrastructure and gather information for further attacks like remote file inclusion, retrieve server files, bypass firewall and force the vulnerable server to perform malicious requests, resulting in a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6308?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2020-6308?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6308 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2020-6308 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-6308 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 4 proofs of concept on GitHub.

All Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7jm8-4vmp-ff6g.

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