CVE-2008-2421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web GUI in SAP Web Application Server (WAS) 7.0, Web Dynpro for ABAP (aka WD4A or WDA), and Web Dynpro for BSP allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the default URI under bc/gui/sap/its/webgui/.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07699.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sap	Sap Web Application Server Web Dynpro

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_web_application_server:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:web_dynpro:abap:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sap:web_dynpro:bsp:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2416	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Web GUI in SAP Web Application Server (WAS) 7.0, Web Dynpro for ABAP (aka WD4A or WDA), and Web Dynpro for BSP allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to the default URI under bc/gui/sap/its/webgui/.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30334
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492376/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29317
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020097
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1599/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42724

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0932}`	epss `{'score': 0.07699}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-23T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:58:02.601Z

Reserved: 2008-05-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2421

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-05-23T15:32:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2421

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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