# CVE-2023-33985: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal

> Reflected XSS in SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal allows attackers to view or modify application information via unencoded user inputs.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/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 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m62j-6354-rhr8

## What is CVE-2023-33985?

CVE-2023-33985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Sap Netweaver, published on 13 Jun 2023. 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 NetWeaver Enterprise Portal - version 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs over the network, resulting in reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, therefore changing the scope of the attack. On successful exploitation, an attacker can view or modify information causing a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33985?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Netweaver.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-33985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-33985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Netweaver

- [CVE-2025-31324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31324/): SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-38163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38163/): SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload (critical 9.9, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-42999](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42999/): SAP NetWeaver Deserialization (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6822/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1517/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-33985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-33985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Sap Netweaver, published on 13 Jun 2023. 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-2023-33985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap Netweaver. 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-2023-33985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33985

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33985/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.