Commerce BackofficeApplication · Sap

CVE-2024-41735

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-08-13
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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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

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
SAP Commerce Backoffice does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability causing low impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application.

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

SAP Commerce Backoffice fails to properly encode user-controlled inputs before rendering them in web pages, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users' sessions. This is a stored XSS vulnerability affecting the Backoffice administrative interface.

MitigationImplement proper output encoding for all user-controlled inputs across Backoffice components, using context-appropriate encoding (HTML, URL, JavaScript, CSS) based on where the data is rendered. Validate and sanitize inputs on both client and server sides.

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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
Commerce BackofficeApplication
Affected:= hy_com_2205

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
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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. Confirm SAP Commerce Backoffice is installed
    Check if the SAP Commerce platform includes the Backoffice component by inspecting the installed modules or checking the product documentation
    Affected if The Backoffice administrative interface is not present in the environment, the vulnerability does not apply
  2. Identify the installed Backoffice version
    Locate the Backoffice module version information using SAP Commerce's version check utilities or by examining the module manifest files (such as localextensions.xml or the hy_com_2205 module descriptor)
    Affected if The installed version is hy_com_2205 exactly - this is the only version listed as affected
  3. Verify Backoffice web interface accessibility
    Confirm the Backoffice admin interface is accessible by attempting to access the Backoffice URL endpoint (typically /backoffice)
    Affected if The Backoffice interface is exposed and accessible to users, making the stored XSS exploitable
  4. Check for recent suspicious data in Backoffice
    Review Backoffice database tables or logs for any unexpected script tags, HTML elements, or unusual content that may have been injected via the XSS vulnerability
    Affected if Unencoded user input containing script tags or HTML is found stored in Backoffice data fields

You are affected if SAP Commerce Backoffice version hy_com_2205 is installed and the Backoffice administrative interface is accessible, as this exact version lacks proper output encoding for user-controlled inputs.

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 across Backoffice components, using context-appropriate encoding (HTML, URL, JavaScript, CSS) based on where the data is rendered. Validate and sanitize inputs on both client and server sides.

Fix this in Commerce Backoffice Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation6.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
30.0 hours of engineering $5,280
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