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Reflected Cross Site Scripting in PING_PONG demo app

Impact On Business

By exploiting this vulnerability a remote attacker could trick users into clicking malicious links and depending on the level of protection that the browser provides, the attacker could potentially steal their user sessions or other information.

Affected Components Description

  • SAP_BASIS 740 SP 09-28
  • SAP_BASIS 750 SP 00-25
  • SAP_BASIS 751 SP 00-15
  • SAP_BASIS 752 SP 00-11
  • SAP_BASIS 753 SP 00-09
  • SAP_BASIS 754 SP 00-07
  • SAP_BASIS 755 SP 00-05
  • SAP_BASIS 756 SP 00-03
  • SAP_BASIS 757 SP 00-01

Vulnerability Details

SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform implements an application named PING_PONG demo which was not correctly performing sanitization on user input. As a consequence, an unauthenticated attacker could craft a malicious link, which when clicked by an unsuspecting user, could be used to read or modify some sensitive information.

Solution

SAP has released SAP Note 3268959 which provides patched versions of the affected components.

The patches can be downloaded from https://me.sap.com/notes/3268959.

Onapsis strongly recommends SAP customers to download the related security fixes and apply them to the affected components in order to reduce business risks.

Report Timeline

  • 11/01/2022: Onapsis reports vulnerability to SAP
  • 02/15/2023: SAP issues the patch

References

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Advisory Information

  • Public Release Date: 09/20/2024
  • Security Advisory ID: ONAPSIS-2024-0041
  • Researcher(s): Ignacio Oliva

Vulnerability Information

  • Vendor: SAP
  • Affected Components:
  • SAP Solution Manager 7.2

(Check SAP Note 3268959 for detailed information on affected releases)

  • Vulnerability Class: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
  • CVSS v3 score: 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
  • Risk Level: Medium
  • Assigned CVE: CVE-2023-23859
  • Vendor patch Information: SAP Security NOTE 3268959


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