Security Note Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in cFolders, SAP security note 1284360

SAP security note 1284360, "Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in cFolders", is a program error note released on December 23, 2009. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

This SAP Security Note addresses the risk of potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks in cFolders. Web Servers that accept input parameters via HTTP requests, dynamically generate HTML pages based on these inputs, and then return the dynamically generated content as a response to the client (browser) are potentially vulnerable to XSS attacks.

Under certain circumstances, JavaScript code can be injected during the creation of a Document or Bookmark, leading to unexpected behavior in the cFolders application on the fol_de.htm page.

Solution

Apply the correction instructions to resolve the issue.

Reason and prerequisites

Program error.

References

• 1292875 – Security note: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in cFolders
• 888889 – Automatic checks for security notes using RSECNOTE (outdated)

Affected components

• CPROJECTS: 310_620 to 310_640
• CPRXRPM: version 400
• CPRXRPM: 450_700 to 450_700