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CVE-2020-26831

CRITICAL
9.6
CVSS Score
Published: December 9, 2020 at 04:29 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBusinessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

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Severity
CRITICAL9.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Crystal Report), versions - 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, does not sufficiently validate uploaded XML entities during crystal report generation due to missing XML validation, An attacker with basic privileges can inject some arbitrary XML entities leading to internal file disclosure, internal directories disclosure, Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and denial-of-service (DoS).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform· SAP
95%
v < 4.1v < 4.2v < 4.34.14.24.3
Affected range stops below 4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2989075
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=564757079

CVSS

9.6CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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