CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-6288 — Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.3

SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface) allows an attacker with edit document rights to upload any file (including script files) without proper file format validation leading to Unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability. The attacker can modify some formulas and display erroneous content. The server is not affected only the current user browser session, that can easily be closed.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.3 (3.1)
Published
2020-09-09
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-434

Affected products

  • sap / businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform / 4.1
  • sap / businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform / 4.2

Matched remediation archetype

Path traversal, unsafe upload, and file handling

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Check exposure

  • Trace untrusted filenames, archive entries, URLs, and path segments into read, write, include, extraction, and upload operations.
  • Identify filesystem roots, mount permissions, symbolic-link behavior, archive handling, and whether uploaded content is web-accessible or executable.
  • Review canonicalization and containment checks across supported operating systems and storage backends.

Remediate safely

  • Generate server-side storage identifiers and resolve paths beneath a fixed root using filesystem-aware containment checks.
  • Reject absolute, parent-relative, alternate-separator, device, link, and archive entries that escape the intended root.
  • Store uploads outside executable or served paths, validate type and size, and use private atomic temporary files.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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