# CVE-2023-39437: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Business One

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into SAP Business One web pages, potentially compromising user data and application integrity.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q3vh-w26g-crh6

## What is CVE-2023-39437?

CVE-2023-39437 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Business One, published on 8 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP business One allows - version 10.0, allows an attacker to insert malicious code into the content of a web page or application and gets it delivered to the client, resulting to Cross-site scripting. This could lead to harmful action affecting the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the application.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39437?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Business One.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-39437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-39437 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP Business One

- [CVE-2021-33698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33698/): File upload in SAP Business One (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-38180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38180/): Code injection in SAP Business One (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-31403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31403/): Improper Access Control vulnerability in SAP Business One product installation (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2016-6256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6256/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-31593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31593/): Code injection in SAP Business One (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-39437 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-39437 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Business One, published on 8 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-39437 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Business One. 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-2023-39437/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39437/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-39437
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39437
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-39437

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39437/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.