# CVE-2023-42476: Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

> An authenticated attacker can inject JavaScript into Web Intelligence documents, leading to data exposure or account takeover in the victim's browser.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/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:** 12 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9pm-pp53-grgr

## What is CVE-2023-42476?

CVE-2023-42476 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, published on 12 Dec 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 Objects Web Intelligence - version 420,  allows an authenticated attacker to inject JavaScript code into Web Intelligence documents which is then executed in the victim’s browser each time the vulnerable page is visited. Successful exploitation can lead to exposure of the data that the user has access to. In the worst case, attacker could access data from reporting databases.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42476?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Web Intelligence.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-42476?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-42476 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-42476 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42476 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

- [CVE-2024-25646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25646/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2023-42474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42474/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-22546](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22546/): Cross-site scripting in SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence (BI Launchpad) (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-33667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33667/): Information disclosure in SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence (BI Launchpad) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-42476 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-42476 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, published on 12 Dec 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-2023-42476 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence. 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-2023-42476/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42476/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42476
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42476
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42476

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42476/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.