# CVE-2024-34687: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application server for ABAP and ABAP Platform

> Insufficient input encoding in SAP NetWeaver allows attackers to execute scripts in user browsers, leading to data theft and session hijacking.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 14 May 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x685-hmwx-rrvf

## What is CVE-2024-34687?

CVE-2024-34687 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application server for ABAP and ABAP Platform, 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

SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform do not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
An attacker can control code that is executed within a user’s browser, which could result in modification, deletion of data, including accessing or deleting files, or stealing session cookies which an attacker could use to hijack a user’s session. Hence, this could have impact on Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the system.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34687?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Sap Basis.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-34687?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34687 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-34687 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-34687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application server for ABAP and ABAP Platform

- [CVE-2025-0066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0066/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform (Internet Communication Framework) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-23687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23687/): XML Signature Wrapping in SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP and ABAP Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-0063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0063/): SQL Injection vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-0484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0484/): Missing Authorization check in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and SAP S/4HANA (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-0058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0058/): Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP Business Workflow and SAP Flexible Workflow (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-34687 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-34687 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application server for ABAP and ABAP Platform, 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-2024-34687 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application server for ABAP and ABAP Platform. 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-2024-34687/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34687/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34687
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34687
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-34687

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34687/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.