Medium severity · published Oct 12, 2021
CVE-2021-38183
SAP NetWeaver - versions 700, 701, 702, 730, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, allowing an attacker to cause a potential victim to supply a malicious content to…
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SAP NetWeaver - versions 700, 701, 702, 730, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, allowing an attacker to cause a potential victim to supply a malicious content to a vulnerable web application, which is then reflected to the victim and executed by the web browser, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NE
Netweaver · Sap
700; 701; 702; 730 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38183
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38183
Permissions Required
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084937
Vendor Advisory
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=587169983
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