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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Oct 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7jm8-4vmp-ff6g

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6308?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- PoC CVE-2020-6308 (github_poc): https://github.com/InitRoot/CVE-2020-6308-PoC
- Exploit script for SAP Business Objects SSRF (github_poc): https://github.com/TheMMMdev/CVE-2020-6308
- CVE-2020-6308 mass exploiter/fuzzer. (github_poc): https://github.com/freeFV/CVE-2020-6308-mass-exploiter
- This script exploits and performs an SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery) and Timing Attack against the SAP BusinessObjects Launchpad (CVE-2020-6308). It attempts to determine the status of various ports on a target IP address by measuring the response time of the application when attempting to authenticate against it. (github_poc): https://github.com/MachadoOtto/sap_bo_launchpad-ssrf-timing_attack
- SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (nuclei): http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-6308.yaml

## 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-2020-6308 and fix it if it is affected.

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

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-2020-6308/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6308/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6308
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6308
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6308

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