CVE-2017-16681 Cross-site scripting in SAP Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application.
Attackers can inject malicious scripts into the SAP Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application via unencoded user inputs, potentially compromising user sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-16681?
CVE-2017-16681 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application., published on 12 Dec 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application, Enterprise 4.10, 4.20, 4.30, as user controlled inputs are not sufficiently encoded.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16681?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16681?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16681 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2017-16681 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16681 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SAP Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vrcg-cv6h-7fxr.