# CVE-2025-0064: Improper Authorization in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (Central Management Console)

> An attacker with admin rights can retrieve a secret passphrase to impersonate any user, compromising confidentiality and integrity.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r7pm-3rhw-gv3g

## What is CVE-2025-0064?

CVE-2025-0064 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 11 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Under specific conditions, the Central Management Console of the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform allows an attacker with admin rights to generate or retrieve a secret passphrase, enabling them to impersonate any user in the system. This results in a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on availability.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0064?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0064?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0064 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0064 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0064 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

- [CVE-2023-0018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0018/): Cross-site scripting in BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central management console) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-0022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0022/): Code Injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (Analysis edition for OLAP) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-6242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6242/): Auth bypass in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Live Data Connect) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26831/): XML external entity in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Crystal Report) (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-6219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6219/): Deserialization in Crystal Reports for VS (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0064 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0064 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 11 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0064 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: 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-2025-0064/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0064/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0064
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0064
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0064

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