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

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.

Published: 2024-01-09 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-21738 is rated Low Risk (33.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-21738

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-05 0.20% 0.26% +0.06%
2 2025-05-30 0.14% 0.20% +0.05%
3 2025-04-15 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-21738

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 1.4 [email protected]
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-21738

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-21738

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 79 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:79:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 700 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:700:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 701 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:701:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 702 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:702:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 731 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:731:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 740 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:740:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 750 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:750:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 751 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:751:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 752 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:752:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 753 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:753:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 754 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:754:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 755 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:755:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 756 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:756:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 757 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:757:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 758 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:758:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*
sap netweaver_application_server_abap 793 cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_abap:793:*:*:*:sap_basis:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-21738

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