Unrestricted Rate Limit for Password Change in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

Unrestricted Rate Limit for Password Change in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2023-36917 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

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