CVE-2023-42472 is a critical vulnerability affecting SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Web Intelligence HTML interface), specifically version 420. It stems from insufficient file type validation, allowing authenticated attackers to upload malicious files by manipulating content types and extensions during image uploads. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
420CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:420:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.