CVE-2023-36917 Password Change rate limit bypass in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

Medium 5.9 Published 11 Jul 2023 Updated 23 Oct 2024

An attacker with a hijacked session can bypass password change rate limits to brute force the old password and take over the victim's account.

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

What is CVE-2023-36917?

CVE-2023-36917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 11 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform - version 420, 430, allows an unauthorized attacker who had hijacked a user session, to be able to bypass the victim’s old password via brute force, due to unrestricted rate limit for password change functionality. Although the attack has no impact on integrity loss or system availability, this could lead to an attacker to completely takeover a victim’s account.

Weakness: CWE-307

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-36917?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence.

How do I fix CVE-2023-36917?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-36917 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-36917 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36917 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4m3h-hm42-fpq8.