Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-24521

Medium

Published: 14 February 2023

Published
14 February 2023
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 0.0144 81.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-24521 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 18.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Due to insufficient input sanitization, SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (BSP Framework) - versions 700, 701, 702, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, allows an unauthenticated user to alter the current session of the user by injecting…

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the malicious code over the network and gain access to the unintended data. This may lead to a limited impact on the confidentiality and the integrity of the application.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

sap
netweaver as abap business server pages
700, 701, 702, 731, 740

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.

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