CVE-2023-40624
Published: 12 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-40624 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Application Server Abap. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 33.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-45180
Vulnerability details
SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (applications based on Unified Rendering) - versions SAP_UI 754, SAP_UI 755, SAP_UI 756, SAP_UI 757, SAP_UI 758, SAP_BASIS 702, SAP_BASIS 731, allows an attacker to inject JavaScript code that can be executed in the web-application. An…
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attacker could thereby control the behavior of this web-application.
- 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.