# CVE-2020-26825: Cross-site scripting in SAP Fiori Launchpad (News Tile Application)

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into the SAP Fiori Launchpad News tile, allowing them to read or modify victim browser data.

- **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:** 13 Nov 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-96g7-jx26-q47f

## What is CVE-2020-26825?

CVE-2020-26825 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP Fiori Launchpad (News Tile Application), published on 13 Nov 2020. 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

SAP Fiori Launchpad (News tile Application), versions - 750,751,752,753,754,755, allows an unauthorized attacker to use SAP Fiori Launchpad News tile Application to send malicious code, to a different end user (victim), because News tile does not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs, resulting in Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Information maintained in the victim's web browser can be read, modified, and sent to the attacker. The malicious code cannot significantly impact the victim's browser and the victim can easily close the browser tab to terminate it.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-26825?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Fiori Launchpad \(News Tile Application\).

## How do I fix CVE-2020-26825?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-26825 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-26825 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-26825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Fiori Launchpad (News Tile Application)

- [CVE-2020-26815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26815/): Server-side request forgery in SAP Fiori Launchpad (News Tile Application) (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-26825 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-26825 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP Fiori Launchpad (News Tile Application), published on 13 Nov 2020. 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-2020-26825 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Fiori Launchpad (News Tile 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-2020-26825/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26825/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26825
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26825
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26825

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26825/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.