CVE-2022-35225
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 NetWeaver Enterprise Portal - versions 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs over the network, resulting in reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, therefore changing the scope of the attack. This leads to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of data.
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 NetWeaver Enterprise Portal versions 7.10-7.50 contains a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability where user-controlled inputs are not sufficiently encoded before being returned in the HTTP response. An attacker can inject malicious scripts through unsanitized input parameters, which execute in the victim's browser when the crafted request is processed.
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= 7.10= 7.11= 7.20= 7.30= 7.31= 7.40= 7.50CVSS 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:3.1/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 SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal installationCheck the installed SAP NetWeaver version by querying the SAP system via transaction code SM51, or inspect the SAP kernel version using 'sapkernel -v' at OS level, or access the SAP System Information screen via SAP NetWeaver AdministratorAffected if The product is SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal version 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, or 7.50
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Confirm web portal is exposedVerify that SAP Enterprise Portal web applications are accessible by accessing the portal URL (typically at /irj/portal or /sap/bc/gui/sap/its/webgui) from a browser or via curl/curl equivalentAffected if The Enterprise Portal web interface is accessible over HTTP/HTTPS and accepts user input
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Test for reflected XSS in input parametersSend crafted HTTP requests to the portal with unsanitized script tags in common input parameters (such as url parameters in navigation) and observe if the payload is reflected unencoded in the response. Use a tool like Burp Suite or manually inject test payloads like <script>alert(1)</script> into query parameters and examine the HTTP response bodyAffected if User-supplied input is returned in the HTTP response without proper HTML encoding, causing the script to execute in the browser
You are affected if your environment runs SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal versions 7.10 through 7.50 and the web portal accepts user input that is reflected unencoded in HTTP responses.
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 relevant SAP security patch for CVE-2022-35225 and ensure all user inputs are properly validated and encoded before output. Upgrade to a supported SAP NetWeaver version if the current release is no longer maintained.
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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