CVE-2021-33679
Published: 14 September 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-33679 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 36.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-20356
Vulnerability details
The SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform version - 420 allows an attacker, who has basic access to the application, to inject a malicious script while creating a new module document, file, or folder. When another user visits that page, the stored…
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malicious script will execute in their session, hence allowing the attacker to compromise their confidentiality and integrity.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.