title: Password Change rate limit bypass in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
description: 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.
problem types: CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform
vendor: SAP_SE
versions:
status: affected, version: 4.20
status: affected, version: 430
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 5.9
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL