VulnerabilityPublished 13 Sep 2022Updated 10 Jun 2025

CVE-2022-39799: SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (SAP GUI for HTML within the Fiori Launchpad) · Cross-site Scripting

Affects SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (SAP GUI for HTML within the Fiori Launchpad)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.1Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Sep 2022
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
SAP SE SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (SAP GUI for HTML within the Fiori Launchpad)	Affected 7.54 – 7.89 4 affected builds	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations should implement the following specific mitigations: 1) Apply SAP security patches and notes as soon as they are released for the affected NetWeaver kernel versions, even if no direct patch link is provided here, regularly checking SAP Security Patch Day announcements. 2) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules tuned to detect and block reflected XSS payloads targeting SAP Fiori Launchpad endpoints. 3) Conduct user awareness training focused on recognizing phishing attempts and suspicious links, as user interaction is required for exploitation. 4) Implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers on SAP Fiori Launchpad web applications to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts. 5) Review and harden SAP GUI for HTML configurations to minimize exposure, including disabling or restricting access to HTML GUI where possible. 6) Monitor SAP system logs and network traffic for unusual activity indicative of session hijacking or XSS exploitation attempts. 7) Enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for SAP access to reduce the risk of session compromise leading to unauthorized system control. These measures combined will reduce the attack surface and mitigate the risk posed by this vulnerability beyond generic patching advice.

Description

An attacker with no prior authentication could craft and send malicious script to SAP GUI for HTML within Fiori Launchpad, resulting in reflected cross-site scripting attack. This could lead to stealing session information and impersonating the affected user.

Impact

For European organizations using SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP with the Fiori Launchpad, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to the confidentiality and integrity of user sessions. Attackers exploiting this flaw could hijack user sessions, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive business data, manipulation of transactions, or unauthorized changes within the SAP system. Given SAP's widespread use in critical infrastructure, manufacturing, finance, and public sector organizations across Europe, exploitation could disrupt business operations and lead to data breaches. The requirement for user interaction means phishing or social engineering tactics could be used to lure users into triggering the attack. The reflected XSS could also be a stepping stone for more complex attacks, such as privilege escalation or lateral movement within the network. Although availability is not directly impacted, the compromise of user accounts could indirectly affect system reliability and trust. The medium CVSS score reflects these factors, but the real-world impact could be higher if attackers combine this vulnerability with other weaknesses or target high-privilege users.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 11 Jul 2025, 20:46 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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