# CVE-2023-24525: Cross-site scripting in CRM (WebClient UI)

> An authenticated attacker can exploit insufficient input encoding in SAP CRM WebClient UI to perform Cross-Site Scripting, leading to limited confidentiality impact.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 20 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5f56-53rv-c32c

## What is CVE-2023-24525?

CVE-2023-24525 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP CRM (WebClient UI), published on 14 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP CRM WebClient UI - versions WEBCUIF 748, 800, 801, S4FND 102, 103, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. On successful exploitation an authenticated attacker can cause limited impact on confidentiality of the application.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-24525?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Customer Relationship Management Webclient Ui, Sap S4fnd.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-24525?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-24525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-24525 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP CRM (WebClient UI)

- [CVE-2024-34686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34686/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP CRM (WebClient UI) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2018-2364](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2364/): Cross-site scripting in S4FND (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-29188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29188/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP CRM WebClient UI (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2019-0244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0244/): Cross-site scripting in SAP CRM WebClient UI (S4FND) (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2019-0245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0245/): Cross-site scripting in SAP CRM WebClient UI (S4FND) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-24525 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-24525 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP CRM (WebClient UI), published on 14 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-24525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP CRM (WebClient UI). 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-2023-24525/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24525/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24525
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24525
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24525

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24525/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.