Netweaver
CVE-2023-33985
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal - version 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs over the network, resulting in reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, therefore. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
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 Enterprise Portal - version 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs over the network, resulting in reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, therefore changing the scope of the attack. On successful exploitation, an attacker can view or modify information causing a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application. Affected products include: Sap Netweaver. Version information: version 7.50.
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Severity by source
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
DescriptionNVD
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal - version 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs over the network, resulting in reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, therefore changing the scope of the attack. On successful exploitation, an attacker can view or modify information causing a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer allows privileged users to upload untrusted content that is deserialized on the server, en
The DiagTraceR3Info function in the Dialog processor in disp+work.exe 7010.29.15.58313 and 7200.70.18.23869 in the Dispa
Unauthenticated remote code execution in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (Metadata Uploader component) allows attackers to
Directory traversal vulnerability in the GetFileList function in the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (xMI
XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SAP Netweaver before 7.01. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerabi
The DiagTraceHex function in disp+work.exe 7010.29.15.58313 and 7200.70.18.23869 in the Dispatcher in SAP NetWeaver 7.0
The DiagiEventSource function in disp+work.exe 7010.29.15.58313 and 7200.70.18.23869 in the Dispatcher in SAP NetWeaver
The DiagTraceStreamI function in disp+work.exe 7010.29.15.58313 and 7200.70.18.23869 in the Dispatcher in SAP NetWeaver
The Standalone Enqueue Server in SAP Netweaver 7.20, 7.01, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv
The Diaginput function in disp+work.exe 7010.29.15.58313 and 7200.70.18.23869 in the Dispatcher in SAP NetWeaver 7.0 EHP
The DiagTraceAtoms function in disp+work.exe 7010.29.15.58313 and 7200.70.18.23869 in the Dispatcher in SAP NetWeaver 7.
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the UDDI component in SAP NetWeaver JAVA AS 7.4 allows remote attackers to ca
GitHub PoC
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