# CVE-2022-28213: XML external entity in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

> Attackers can exploit XML parsing flaws in SOAP services to retrieve arbitrary files or cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rv48-743j-57hj

## What is CVE-2022-28213?

CVE-2022-28213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 12 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

When a user access SOAP Web services in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, it does not sufficiently validate the XML document accepted from an untrusted source, which might result in arbitrary files retrieval from the server and in successful exploits of DoS.

Weakness: CWE-112 (Missing XML Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-28213?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-28213?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-28213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-28213 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28213 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence 4.3 - XML External Entity (XXE) (exploitdb)

## 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-2022-28213 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-28213 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 12 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-28213 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-2022-28213/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28213/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28213
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28213
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-28213

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