CVE-2024-44120 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal
An unauthenticated attacker can execute scripts in a victim's browser via a crafted URL, allowing them to read and manipulate user content.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-44120?
CVE-2024-44120 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, published on 10 Sep 2024. 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 is vulnerable to reflected cross site scripting due to insufficient encoding of user-controlled input. An unauthenticated attacker could craft a malicious URL and trick a user to click it. If the victim clicks on this crafted URL before it times out, then the attacker could read and manipulate user content in the browser.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44120?
How do I fix CVE-2024-44120?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-44120 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44120 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vx3h-qc6g-v68q.