XML Entity Expansion in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA - CVE-2024-47582

 

XML Entity Expansion in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA - CVE-2024-47582

Published: December 10, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU101371
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47582
CWE-ID: CWE-776
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: SAP
Affected software:
SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of XML input. A remote non-authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application and perform XML entity expansion attack, leading to a denial of service condition.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-47582

Install updates from vendor's website.

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