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CVE-2014-8316
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in polestar_xml.jsp in SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 14.0.5 build 882 allows remote attackers to…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in polestar_xml.jsp in SAP BusinessObjects Explorer 14.0.5 build 882 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the xmlParameter parameter in an explorationSpaceUpdate request.
Timeline
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Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20141010 SAP Security Note 1908531 - XXE in BusinessObjects Explorer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- sap-businessobjects-xml-info-disc(96933) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-55451 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128633/SAP-BusinessObjects-Explorer-14.0.5-XXE-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.csnc.ch/misc/files/advisories/CSNC-2013-018_SAP_BusinessObjects_Explorer_XXE.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20141010 SAP Security Note 1908531 - XXE in BusinessObjects Explorer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 70384 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1908531 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-8157 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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