CVE-2024-22126
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 · uneditedThe User Admin application of SAP NetWeaver AS for Java - version 7.50, insufficiently validates and improperly encodes the incoming URL parameters before including them into the redirect URL. This results in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, leading to a high impact on confidentiality and mild impact on integrity and availability.
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 confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for Java 7.50 User Admin application. The application fails to properly validate and encode incoming URL parameters before including them in redirect URLs, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts via crafted URLs.
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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= 7.50CVSS 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 AS Java versionExecute transaction SM51 or check the SAP Java engine version via SAP Management Console or the SAP Start Service (sapcontrol -function GetVersion). Look for version 7.50.Affected if The installed version is exactly 7.50 (no patches applied).
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Verify User Admin application is deployedCheck the SAP NetWeaver AS Java deployment via SAP Visual Administrator or by listing deployed web applications in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator. Look for the User Admin (UserAdmin) application component.Affected if The User Admin application is deployed and running on the SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.50 instance.
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Confirm User Admin is network-accessibleCheck if the User Admin web application is accessible externally by reviewing the SAP Internet Communication Manager (ICM) configuration or load balancer rules that expose the SAP AS Java ports (typically 5XX00 for HTTP).Affected if The User Admin application is exposed via HTTP/HTTPS endpoints that users or attackers can reach.
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Inspect URL parameter handling in redirectsAccess the User Admin application and observe redirect behavior when navigating with URL parameters. Test by modifying URL parameters in requests and checking if they are reflected unmodified in response headers or redirect locations. Review SAP NetWeaver logs (default trace files) for redirect responses.Affected if URL parameters from incoming requests appear unmodified or unencoded in redirect responses or Location headers.
You are affected if you are running SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java version 7.50 with the User Admin application deployed and network-accessible, and URL parameters are reflected without encoding in redirect 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 SAP security patches for CVE-2024-22126 when available. Until then, implement input validation and output encoding for all URL parameters in the User Admin application to prevent script injection.
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