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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Enterprise Portal – GenericSemanticTest component, SAP security note 2408100

SAP Note 2408100

SAP security note 2408100, "Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Enterprise Portal – GenericSemanticTest component", is a note. Below are the symptom and SAP recommended solution.

Description

Symptom

The GenericSemanticTest component in Enterprise Portal does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Some known impacts of XSS vulnerabilities include:

  • Non-permanently defacing or modifying displayed content on a website
  • Stealing user authentication information, such as session data
  • Impersonating the user to access information with the same rights as the target user

Solution

The vulnerable code has been removed.

Reason and prerequisites

Reason: Data was printed to the screen without encoding.

CVSS

Score 6.1 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2408100

Detailed exploitation and proof-of-concept material for this note is maintained in the RedRays Security Platform. For access, contact [email protected].

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