CVE-2018-2505
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 · uneditedSAP Commerce does not sufficiently validate user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in storefronts that are based on the product. Fixed in versions (SAP Hybris Commerce, versions 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7).
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 · high confidenceSAP Commerce contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to insufficient validation of user-controlled inputs in storefront components. Attackers can inject malicious scripts through unsanitized input fields that are rendered in web pages, allowing execution in the context of other users' sessions.
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= 6.2= 6.3= 6.4= 6.5= 6.6= 6.7CVSS 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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed SAP Hybris versionLocate the version file or system properties in the Hybris installation directory (commonly found in version.info, hybris/bin/platform/build.number, or accessed via Admin Console > Platform > Version). Compare the version number to the affected range 6.2 through 6.7.Affected if The installed version equals 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, or 6.7.
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Confirm storefront is enabledAccess the storefront web application (typically at /storefront or the configured storefront URL). Verify that the storefront is accessible and serving pages to users.Affected if The storefront component is active and accessible to end users.
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Check for unsanitized input acceptanceIdentify storefront forms and input fields (registration, checkout, review submission, or custom CMS components). Submit test input containing script tags or HTML entities through these fields and then view the rendered page source to see if the input is reflected without encoding.Affected if User-supplied input in storefront forms is rendered in the response without proper output encoding or validation.
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Inspect storefront component configurationReview the Hybris backoffice or Administration Console for custom CMS components, add-on components, or front-end widgets that handle user input. Check the impex or configuration files that define these components for any input validation or encoding settings.Affected if Custom storefront components accept and persist user input without server-side validation or output encoding enabled.
Your environment is affected if the installed SAP Hybris version is 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, or 6.7 and the storefront with user input fields is accessible and rendering unsanitized input.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patches for SAP Hybris Commerce versions 6.2-6.7, or upgrade to a patched version. Additionally, implement output encoding and input validation on storefront endpoints as a defense-in-depth measure.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-2505 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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