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Process Monitoring InfrastructureApplication · Sap

CVE-2018-2399

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.0 Published 2018-03-14
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-Site Scripting in Process Monitoring Infrastructure, from 7.10 to 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, due to inefficient encoding of user controlled inputs.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Process Monitoring Infrastructure versions 7.10 through 7.50. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input encoding of user-controlled data, allowing injection of malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

MitigationImplement proper output encoding for all user-controlled inputs before rendering in HTML context. Apply context-specific sanitization and validate input against allowlists where feasible.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Process Monitoring InfrastructureApplication
Affected:= 7.10= 7.11= 7.20= 7.30= 7.31= 7.40= 7.50

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed version of SAP Process Monitoring Infrastructure
    Locate the SAP PMI installation directory and check version information files, or use SAP transaction code SPAM or SAINT to view installed software component versions. Alternatively, check the SAP System's software catalog via transaction SM37 or SXMB_MONI for component version details.
    Affected if The installed version matches 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, or 7.50 exactly.
  2. Confirm Process Monitoring Infrastructure web UI is accessible
    Access the SAP PMI web interface via the configured HTTP/HTTPS endpoint (typically through SAP Gateway or ICM manager). Verify the /sap/bc/rest/pmi/ or similar PMI-related URLs are reachable.
    Affected if The web interface is exposed and accessible to users.
  3. Check if user input fields exist in PMI web screens
    Navigate through the Process Monitoring Infrastructure web screens and identify any input fields where users can submit data (such as process names, filters, or search parameters).
    Affected if User-accessible input fields are present in the web interface.
  4. Review configuration for input validation settings
    Examine SAP PMI configuration files or transaction codes (such as SE80 or SICF) for active servlet or service configurations related to Process Monitoring. Check whether custom input validation is implemented in the application layer.
    Affected if Input validation is absent or minimal in the PMI web component configuration.
  5. Audit logged PMI web requests for unencoded output
    Review SAP ICM traces, transaction ST03N, or web server logs for PMI-related requests. Inspect responses to see if user-supplied values are reflected back without HTML encoding.
    Affected if User-provided data appears unencoded in HTTP responses from PMI endpoints.

You are affected if SAP Process Monitoring Infrastructure version 7.10 through 7.50 is installed AND the web interface with user input fields is accessible, as the XSS flaw requires both the vulnerable version and exposed user-controlled input points.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper output encoding for all user-controlled inputs before rendering in HTML context. Apply context-specific sanitization and validate input against allowlists where feasible.

Fix this in Process Monitoring Infrastructure Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
36.0 hours of engineering $6,400
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