# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Dec 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vrcg-cv6h-7fxr

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16681?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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.

- [CVE-2017-16684](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16684/): Missing authorization in SAP Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-16681 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16681 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Business Intelligence Promotion Management Application.. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16681/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16681/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16681
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16681
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16681

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