CVE-2021-42063

Knowledge Warehouse vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

22.2%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the SAP Knowledge Warehouse - versions 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50. The usage of one SAP KW component within a Web browser enables unauthorized attackers to conduct XSS attacks, which might lead to disclose sensitive data.

Affected vendor

Sap

Affected product

Knowledge Warehouse

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2021-12-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 22.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-42063

Confirm whether Sap Knowledge Warehouse is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-42063.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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