# CVE-2023-30740: Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

> An authenticated attacker can access restricted sensitive information in SAP BusinessObjects, leading to high confidentiality impact.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 9 May 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm9c-g73w-wfp8

## What is CVE-2023-30740?

CVE-2023-30740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 9 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - versions 420, 430, allows an authenticated attacker to access sensitive information which is otherwise restricted. On successful exploitation, there could be a high impact on confidentiality, limited impact on integrity and availability of the application.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-30740?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-30740?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-30740 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-30740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

- [CVE-2023-40622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40622/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-41203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41203/): Deserialization in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console and BI Launchpad) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-28765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28765/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management ) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-2445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2445/): Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-28762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28762/): Information Disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Intelligence Platform (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-30740 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-30740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 9 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE 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-2023-30740/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30740/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30740
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30740
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30740

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.