CVE-2023-36917 json
Password Change rate limit bypass in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
published 2023-07-11 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-40837
- cvss
- 5.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
References
-
sap.com
/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
vendor-advisory
-
me.sap.com
/notes/3320702
permissions-required
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-36917
- NVD CVE-2023-36917
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