# CVE-2024-33007: Client-side script execution vulnerability in SAP UI5(PDFViewer)

> Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript via embedded scripts in PDFs viewed by SAP UI5 PDFViewer, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 14 May 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5rfc-xc58-54q3

## What is CVE-2024-33007?

CVE-2024-33007 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAPUI5 (PDFViewer), published on 14 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

PDFViewer is a control delivered as part of SAPUI5 product which shows the PDF content in an embedded mode by default. If a PDF document contains embedded JavaScript (or any harmful client-side script), the PDFViewer will execute the JavaScript embedded in the PDF which can cause a potential security threat.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-33007?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-33007?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-33007 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-33007 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-33007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-33007 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-33007 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAPUI5 (PDFViewer), published on 14 May 2024. 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-2024-33007 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAPUI5 (PDFViewer). 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-2024-33007/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33007/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33007
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33007
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-33007

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33007/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.