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Vahagn Vardanian

Vahagn Vardanian

Co-founder and CTO of RedRays

CVE-2018-2452 Cross Site Scripting in NW AS Java Logon Application, SAP security note 2623846

Description

The logon application of NW AS Java does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Some well-known impacts of the XSS vulnerability are:

  • defacing or modifying displayed content impermanently from a Web site
  • stealing user authentication information such as data related to his/her current session
  • impersonating the user and accessing all the information with the same rights as the target user 

CVSS Information

CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.1 / 10
CVSS v3 Base Vector:

AV : Attack Vector (Related exploit range)

Network (N)

AC : Attack Complexity (Required attack complexity)

Low (L)

PR : Privileges Required (Level of privileges needed to exploit)

None (N)

UI : User Interaction (Required user participation)

Required (R)

S : Scope (Change in scope due to impact caused to components beyond the vulnerable component)

Changed (C)

C : Impact to Confidentiality

Low (L)

I : Impact to Integrity

Low  (L)

A : Impact to Availability

None (N)

SAP provides this CVSS v3 base score as an estimate of the risk posed by the issue reported in this note. This estimate does not take into account your own system configuration or operational environment. It is not intended to replace any risk assessments you are advised to conduct when deciding on the applicability or priority of this SAP security note. For more information, see the FAQ section at https://support.sap.com/securitynotes.

Available fix and Supported packages

  • J2EE-APPS | 7.10 | 7.11
  • J2EE-APPS | 7.20 | 7.20
  • J2EE-APPS | 7.30 | 7.30
  • J2EE-APPS | 7.31 | 7.31
  • J2EE-APPS | 7.40 | 7.40
  • J2EE-APPS | 7.50 | 7.50
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.10 | SP020 | 000003
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.10 | SP021 | 000003
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.10 | SP022 | 000003
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.10 | SP023 | 000001
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.10 | SP024 | 000000
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.11 | SP015 | 000003
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.11 | SP016 | 000005
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.11 | SP017 | 000002
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.11 | SP018 | 000001
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.11 | SP019 | 000000
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.20 | SP009 | 000026
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.30 | SP015 | 000010
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.30 | SP016 | 000012
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.30 | SP017 | 000007
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.30 | SP018 | 000005
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.30 | SP019 | 000000
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.31 | SP019 | 000016
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.31 | SP020 | 000013
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.31 | SP021 | 000007
  • J2EE ENGINE APPLICATIONS 7.31 | SP022 | 000005

Affected component

    BC-JAS-SEC-LGN
    Logon, SSO

CVSS

Score: 0

PoC

Detailed vulnerability information added to RedRays Security Platform. Contact [email protected] for details.

URL

https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2623846

TAGS

#&65279-XSS
#&160-reflected-XSS
#CSS&65279
#&160-CVE-2018-2452&65279

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