CVE-2023-27894 Sensitive Information Disclosure in the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform

Medium 5.0 Published 14 Mar 2023 Updated 27 Feb 2025

Attackers can inject CMS parameters to scan internal networks and retrieve server files, leading to sensitive information disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-27894?

CVE-2023-27894 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services), published on 14 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Services) - versions 420, 430, allows an 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 for further attacks like remote file inclusion, retrieve server files, bypass firewall and force the vulnerable server to execute malicious requests, resulting in sensitive information disclosure. This causes limited impact on confidentiality of data.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27894?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.

How do I fix CVE-2023-27894?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27894 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-2023-27894 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27894 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w7jv-qf6x-vrwr.