Reflected Cross Site Scripting in COVER_BY_BSP 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

This vulnerability affects ST 720 SP 08-16.

Vulnerability Details

SAP Solution Manager implements an application named COVER_BY_BSP which was not correctly performing sanitization on user input. As a consequence, an authenticated attacker could craft a malicious link, which when clicked by an unsuspecting user, could be used to read or modify sensitive information or restrict access to the desired resources.

Solution

SAP has released SAP Note 3267442 which provides patched versions of the affected components.

The patches can be downloaded from https://me.sap.com/notes/3267442.

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: 09/19/2024
  • Security Advisory ID: ONAPSIS-2024-0040
  • Researcher(s): Onapsis Research Labs

Vulnerability Information

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

(Check SAP Note 3267442 for detailed information on affected releases)

  • Vulnerability Class: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’)
  • CVSS v3 score: 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L)
  • Risk Level: Medium
  • Assigned CVE: CVE-2023-0025
  • Vendor patch Information: SAP Security NOTE 3267442


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