CVE-2019-0259 is a critical vulnerability affecting SAP BusinessObjects versions 4.2 and 4.3, specifically within the Visual Difference component. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files, including malicious scripts, due to improper file format validation. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.