CVE-2021-27615
Published: 09 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-27615 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sap Manufacturing Execution. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 41.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-14362
Vulnerability details
SAP Manufacturing Execution versions - 15.1, 1.5.2, 15.3, 15.4, does not contain some HTTP security headers in their HTTP response. The lack of these headers in response can be exploited by the attacker to execute Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.