7.5

CVE-2021-40500: sap se sap businessobjects business intelligence platform (crystal reports)

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
Published 12-10-2021Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-40500 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in sap se sap businessobjects business intelligence platform (crystal reports). EPSS estimates a 1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 12-10-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports) - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit missing XML validations at endpoints to read sensitive data. These endpoints are normally exposed over the network and successful exploitation can enable the attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.30% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links