CVE-2021-42061: sap_se sap businessobjects business intelligence platform Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-42061 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in sap_se sap businessobjects business intelligence platform. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 14-12-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence) - version 420, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This allows a low privileged attacker to retrieve some data from the victim but will never be able to modify the document and publish these modifications to the server. It impacts the "Quick Prompt" workflow.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
40%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.46% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Sap1 product
Sap_se1 product
2 vendors · 2 products
References
2 links- wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/PSR/SAP+Security+Patch+Day+-+December+2021X Refsource MISCVendor Advisory