Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged user
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DeliverySubmit crafted content to vulnerable field
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ExploitVictim renders content in browser
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ExecutionInjected script executes in victim context
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ImpactLimited data disclosure/tampering
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Strict input allowlisting
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires (1) an authenticated account with at least low privileges in the SAPUI5 application (PR:L), (2) the application running in one of the 'certain configurations' where input validation is insufficient - this is explicitly a non-default/configuration-dependent condition per the description and the AC:H rating, and (3) a victim user actively opening or rendering the view containing the attacker-supplied content (UI:R). These conditions - required authentication, a specific vulnerable configuration, and mandatory victim interaction - substantially limit realistic exploitation and make opportunistic or automated attacks impractical. The exact vulnerable configuration/feature is not named in the available description and should be confirmed against SAP Note 3799054. |
| Impact | This is a moderate, authenticated client-side injection issue (CWE-183, content rendered in a victim's browser - consistent with stored/reflected XSS behavior), rated CVSS 4.4 (Medium). The provided CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) tells a consistent story that argues AGAINST treating this as a top priority: although network-reachable (AV:N), it requires attacker authentication (PR:L - low privileges), depends on specific non-default configurations and difficult-to-meet conditions (AC:H), and critically requires victim user interaction (UI:R) to render the malicious content. The scope change (S:C) reflects that the injected content executes in the victim's browser context rather than only the attacker's. Impact is limited to low confidentiality and low integrity (C:L/I:L) with no availability impact (A:N). No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public POC was supplied, so exploitation likelihood signals are all absent rather than low - meaning there is no evidence of active or probable near-term exploitation, but also no quantitative probability to cite. Net: this is a legitimate but low-urgency finding - high CVSS is not in play (score is Medium), and the combination of AC:H + PR:L + UI:R makes opportunistic mass exploitation unlikely; patch on a normal SAP Security Patch Day cadence rather than emergency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged authenticated user of an SAPUI5-based application submits specially crafted content into a field that is insufficiently validated under a vulnerable configuration. When a higher-privileged victim later opens the view containing that content, it is rendered in their browser and executes in the application context, allowing limited disclosure or manipulation of data visible to that session. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
Insufficient input validation in SAP UI5 allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to submit crafted content that is later rendered in another user's browser, producing a low-impact client-side injection (CVSS 4.4, Medium) that can affect the confidentiality and integrity of the victim's session but not availability. Exploitation is substantially constrained: the assessed vector (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C) requires a valid low-privilege account, the application to be running in one of the specific non-default configurations where validation is inadequate, and a victim to actively open or render the view containing the attacker-supplied content. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, and the exact vulnerable configuration is addressed in SAP Note 3799054.
RemediationAI
Remediation follows the SAP Security Patch Day process: review and apply SAP Security Note 3799054 (https://me.sap.com/notes/3799054) together with the patch day bulletin (https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday), and deploy the support package or patch level the note prescribes for each UI5 release in use; patch availability is established by the vendor advisory, but the supplied data does not enumerate an exact fixed version, so the note must be used to identify the correct build per deployment. Until UI5 is patched, prioritize confirming whether each application actually runs the affected non-default configuration - since both the High attack complexity rating and the description make clear this is configuration-dependent, environments not using it are not exposed. Where the configuration is required, enforce output encoding/HTML sanitization at the point where user-supplied content is rendered into views, and deploy a restrictive Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline and untrusted script sources (trade-off: strict CSP frequently breaks inline scripts and legacy UI5 customizations unless nonces or hashes are adopted). Additionally, restrict which low-privilege accounts may author content that is rendered to other users, or require review of such content before publication, which removes the attack path at the cost of limiting self-service authoring workflows; monitor application and web logs for unusual stored-content submissions pending the patch.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-183 (Permissive List of Allowed Inputs): the affected SAP UI5 component relies on an input filter whose allowlist is too permissive or incompletely enforced under certain configurations, so attacker-controlled content survives validation and is subsequently rendered by the UI5 client-side rendering layer without adequate contextual encoding. This is a client-side/web content injection class (behavior consistent with stored or reflected cross-site scripting), not a server-side memory-safety or authentication-bypass flaw. The CVSS scope change (S:C) reflects that the flawed validation in the vulnerable UI5 component ends up affecting resources outside its own security scope - namely the victim's browser document and session context - while the High attack complexity (AC:H) captures the configuration-dependent nature of the trigger. The CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:sap_se:sapui5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* flags SAPUI5 with an unbounded version wildcard, so the supplied data does not narrow the affected release range; because UI5 is a JavaScript UI framework embedded in a wide range of SAP Fiori, SAP NetWeaver, and ABAP-based business applications, real-world exposure depends on which applications in an estate embed the vulnerable UI5 build and on whether they operate the specific affected configuration.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Authenticated submitter (PR:L), config-dependent and hard-to-meet conditions (AC:H), victim must render content (UI:R), executes in victim browser (S:C) with limited C/I impact and no availability loss.
Primary rating from Vendor (sap).
CVSS VectorVendor: sap
DescriptionCVE.org
SAP UI5 does not perform sufficient input validation under certain configurations. An attacker with low privileges could submit specially crafted content that is later rendered in a victim's browser. This vulnerability has a low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no impact on availability.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Stored cross-site scripting in SAPUI5's content adaptation feature allows a key user with content adaptation privileges
Due to improper neutralization of input in SAPUI5 - versions SAP_UI 750, SAP_UI 754, SAP_UI 755, SAP_UI 756, SAP_UI 757,
EUVD-2026-98189
GHSA-crmc-85c5-f6pg
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