CVE-2026-0508 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2026-0508
Vulnerability Scoring

7.3
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2026-0508 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: High
    Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: High
    High-level privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Changed
    Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: Required
    User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2026-0508 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕓 17 Feb 2026, 16:06 UTC
Originally published on: 🕓 10 Feb 2026, 04:16 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 7 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

cna@sap.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

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

CVE-2026-0508 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-0508: The SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform allows an authenticated attacker with high privileges to insert malicious URL within the application. Upon successful exploitation, the victim may click on this malicious URL, resulting in an unvalidated redirect to the attacker-controlled domain and subsequently download the malicious content. This vulnerability has a high impact on the confidentiality and integrity of the application, with no effect on the availability of the application.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2026-0508

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2026-0508 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2026-0508

The exploitability of CVE-2026-0508 is influenced by multiple factors. Security teams should analyze system configurations and apply appropriate countermeasures to mitigate threats.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2026-0508, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2026-0508, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2026-0508 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2026-0508 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2026-0508 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2026-0508 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-601

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Cross-Site Flashing CAPEC-178 An attacker is able to trick the victim into executing a Flash document that passes commands or calls to a Flash player browser plugin, allowing the attacker to exploit native Flash functionality in the client browser. This attack pattern occurs where an attacker can provide a crafted link to a Flash document (SWF file) which, when followed, will cause additional malicious instructions to be executed. The attacker does not need to serve or control the Flash document. The attack takes advantage of the fact that Flash files can reference external URLs. If variables that serve as URLs that the Flash application references can be controlled through parameters, then by creating a link that includes values for those parameters, an attacker can cause arbitrary content to be referenced and possibly executed by the targeted Flash application.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:430:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:430:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:2025:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:2025:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:2027:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:sap:businessobjects_business_intelligence_platform:2027:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

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