What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-6205?

CVE-2020-6205 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.7%.

Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages CVE-2020-6205

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2020-03-10 cna@sap.com

XSS SAP Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages

6.1

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

6.1 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 10, 2020 - 21:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.1

DescriptionNVD

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Business Server Pages (Smart Forms), SAP_BASIS versions- 7.00, 7.01, 7.02, 7.10, 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, 7.51, 7.52, 7.53, 7.54; does not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to non-permanently deface or modify displayed content and/or steal authentication information of the user and/or impersonate the user and access all information with the same rights as the target user, leading to Reflected Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability.

AnalysisAI

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Business Server Pages (Smart Forms), SAP_BASIS versions- 7.00, 7.01, 7.02, 7.10, 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, 7.51, 7.52, 7.53, 7.54; does not sufficiently encode user. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP Business Server Pages (Smart Forms), SAP_BASIS versions- 7.00, 7.01, 7.02, 7.10, 7.11, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, 7.51, 7.52, 7.53, 7.54; does not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to non-permanently deface or modify displayed content and/or steal authentication information of the user and/or impersonate the user and access all information with the same rights as the target user, leading to Reflected Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability. Affected products include: Sap Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.