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Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure Cockpit, SAP security note 2444673

SAP Note 2444673

SAP security note 2444673, “Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure Cockpit”. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.

Description

Symptom

SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure Cockpit does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Some well-known impacts of XSS vulnerability are:

  • 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

Track filter are now properly encoded to prevent a successful XSS attack.

Reason and prerequisites

UI code is missing encoding of filter content.

CVSS

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

Affected components

  • DI_NTY 7.50

Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2444673

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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