Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-27656

Medium

Published: 11 May 2022

Published
11 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0032 55.8th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-27656 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver As Abap Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 44.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Web administration UI of SAP Web Dispatcher and the Internet Communication Manager (ICM) does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

sap
netweaver as abap kernel
7.22, 7.49, 7.53, 7.77, 7.81
sap
netweaver as abap krnl64uc
7.22, 7.22ext, 7.49, 7.53, 8.04
sap
webdispatcher
7.22ext, 7.49, 7.53, 7.77, 7.81

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References