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CVE-2021-40500

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-10-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

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

• SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform: 4.20, 4.30

References

• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3074693
• https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=587169983
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3074693
• https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=587169983

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