Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-26461

Medium

Published: 14 March 2023

Published
14 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0026 49.5th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-26461 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Enterprise Portal. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 49.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SAP NetWeaver allows (SAP Enterprise Portal) - version 7.50, allows an authenticated attacker with sufficient privileges to access the XML parser which can submit a crafted XML file which when parsed will enable them to access but not modify sensitive…

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files and data. It allows the attacker to view sensitive data which is owned by certain privileges.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

sap
netweaver enterprise portal
7.50

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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