High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 12, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-40500
CVE-2021-40500
Description
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports) - versions 420, 430, allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit missing XML validations at endpoints to read sensitive data. These endpoints are normally exposed over the network and successful exploitation can enable the attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.
Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:4.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 420, 430
- SAP SE/SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Crystal Reports)v5Range: < 420
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.actionnvdVendor Advisory
- launchpad.support.sap.comnvdPermissions Required
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