SAP NetWeaver BW Doc Cross Site Scripting

`[DSECRG-11-037] SAP BW Doc - Multiple XSS  
  
BW DOC metadata application in SAP NetWeaver is vulnerable to XSS attack.   
  
Application: SAP NetWeaver   
Versions Affected: SAP NetWeaver   
Vendor URL: http://www.SAP.com  
Bugs: XSS  
Reported: 14.03.2011  
Vendor response: 16.03.2011  
Date of Public Advisory: 11.11.2011  
CVSS: 4.3  
CVE-number:   
Author: Alexandr Polyakov and Dmitriy Chastuchin from DSecRG (research center of ERPScan)  
  
Description  
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BW DOC metadata in SAP NetWeaver is vulnerable to XSS attack.  
  
Details  
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XSS found in page /SAP/BW/DOC/METADATA/  
Vulnerable parameter - page  
To avoid XSS protection we use base64 encoding and DATA tag   
  
Example:  
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http://[SAPSERVER]/SAP/BW/DOC/METADATA/?page=1111%3Cobject%20data=%22data:text/html;  
base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgiSGVsbG8iKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=%22%3E%3C/object%3E  
  
References  
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http://erpscan.com/advisories/dsecrg-11-037-sap-bw-doc-multiple-xss/  
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/index?rid=/webcontent/uuid/c05604f6-4eb3-2d10-eea7-ceb666083a6a  
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1572325  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Fix Information  
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Solution to this issue is given in the SAP Security Note 1572325.  
  
  
About DSecRG  
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The main mission of DSecRG is to conduct researches of business critical systems such as ERP, CRM, SRM, BI, SCADA, banking software and others. The result of this work is then integrates in ERPScan Security Scanner. Being on the top edge of ERP and SAP security DSecRG research helps to improve a quality of ERPScan consulting services and protects you from the latest threads.   
Contact: research [at] dsecrg [dot] com  
http://www.dsecrg.com   
  
About ERPScan  
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ERPScan is an innovative company engaged in the research of ERP security and develops products for ERP system security assessment. Apart from this the company renders consulting services for secure configuration, development and implementation of ERP systems, and conducts comprehensive assessments and penetration testing of custom solutions.  
Our flagship products are "ERPScan Security Scanner for SAP" and service "ERPScan Online" which can help customers to perform automated security assessments and compliance checks for SAP solutions.  
  
Contact: info [at] erpscan [dot] com  
http://www.erpscan.com   
  
  
  
  
  
Polyakov Alexander  
CTO ERPScan  
Head of DSecRG  
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e-mail: [email protected]  
  
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