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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Enterprise Portal Theme Editor, SAP security note 2372183

SAP Note 2372183
SAP Security Note
Medium priority

SAP security note 2372183, "Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in SAP Enterprise Portal Theme Editor", released on January 10, 2017. Below are the symptom and SAP recommended solution.

ComponentEnterprise Portal > SAP Enterprise Portal (On Premise) > Themes / Portal UI Theme Designer / Theme Editor
PriorityCorrection with medium priority
TypeSAP Security Note
Version3
StatusReleased for Customer
Released onJanuary 10, 2017
LanguageEnglish

Description

Symptom

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

Impacts of XSS Vulnerability:

  • Non-permanently deface or modify displayed content from a website.
  • Steal authentication information of the user, such as data relating to their current session.
  • Impersonate the user and access all information with the same rights as the target user.

Solution

Proper encoding targeting input validation has been added to address the vulnerability.

CVSS

Score 5.4 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2372183

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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