A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.2/7.30/7.31/7.40/7.50 (Solution Stack Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component SAML 2.0 Handler. The manipulation as part of a XML Document leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SAML 2.0 functionality in SAP NetWeaver AS Java, does not sufficiently validate XML documents received from an untrusted source. This is fixed in versions 7.2, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40 and 7.50.

The bug was discovered 12/12/2018. The weakness was released 12/11/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-2492 since 12/15/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/20/2020).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Solution Stack Software

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• SAP

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• NetWeaver AS JAVA

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• 7.2
• 7.30
• 7.31
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• 7.50

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• commercial

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