CVE-2023-36917: sap_se sap businessobjects business intelligence platform
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-36917 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in sap_se sap businessobjects business intelligence platform. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 11-07-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
47%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.58% on 22-09-2026
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- me.sap.com/notes/3320702Permissions Required