CVE-2024-21738: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver ABAP Application Server and ABAP Platform

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

SAP NetWeaver ABAP Application Server and ABAP Platform do not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, resulting in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker with low privileges can cause limited impact to confidentiality of the application data after successful exploitation.

Affected products

SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform: 79, 700, 701, 702, 731, 740 (+10)

References

https://me.sap.com/notes/3387737
https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
https://me.sap.com/notes/3387737
https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

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