# CVE-2023-23851: File upload in Business Planning and Consolidation

> An attacker with business authorization can upload malicious web pages, enabling actions on behalf of other users and compromising system integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/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:** 14 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 21 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rmf8-wm54-9xq4

## What is CVE-2023-23851?

CVE-2023-23851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, published on 14 Feb 2023. 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 Planning and Consolidation - versions 200, 300, allows an attacker with business authorization to upload any files (including web pages) without the proper file format validation. If other users visit the uploaded malicious web page, the attacker may perform actions on behalf of the users without their consent impacting the confidentiality and integrity of the system.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23851?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Business Planning and Consolidation.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23851?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23851 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23851 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23851 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation

- [CVE-2023-0016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0016/): SQL Injection vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation MS (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-41268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41268/): Privilege escalation in Business Planning and Consolidation (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2017-16349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16349/): XML external entity in SAP (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-31407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31407/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2020-6368](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6368/): Cross-site scripting in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23851 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23851 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, published on 14 Feb 2023. 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-2023-23851 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Business Planning and Consolidation. 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-2023-23851/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23851/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23851
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23851
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23851

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23851/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.