PT-2018-43: XXE Injection in SAP Business Process Automation by Redwood Vulnerable software SAP Business Process Automation by Redwood Version: 9.x Link: https://www.sap.com/ Severity level Severity level: Medium Impact: Arbitrary file reading Access Vector: Remote CVSS v3: Base Score: 5.4 Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L) CVE: CVE-2018-2401 Vulnerability description The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an XXE Injection vulnerability in SAP Business Process Automation by Redwood. A vulnerability in SAP Business Process Automation (BPA), due to insufficient validation of XML documents accepted from untrusted sources, allows attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks and read arbitrary files. How to fix Use vendor's advisory: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2596766 Advisory status 16.03.2017 - Vendor gets vulnerability details 13.03.2018 - Vendor releases fixed version and details 26.12.2018 - Public disclosure Credits The vulnerability was detected by Alexandr Shvetsov, Positive Research Center (Positive Technologies Company) References http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2018-43 Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Research: https://www.ptsecurity.com/ https://en.securitylab.ru/lab/ About Positive Technologies Positive Technologies is a leading digital security firm with over 15 years of experience in 360° protection of critical IT systems against the most advanced cyberthreats. State-of-the-art solutions are developed at the company's research center—one of the largest in Europe. Positive Technologies experts have helped to identify and fix over 250 zero-day vulnerabilities in products from Cisco, Google, Honeywell, Huawei, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Schneider Electric, Siemens, and others, earning a reputation for world-class expertise in protection of devices and infrastructures at all scales from ATMs to nuclear power stations. Findings by Positive Technologies researchers are used for updating the MaxPatrol knowledge base and for development of security solutions including PT Application Firewall, PT Application Inspector, MaxPatrol. These products allow securing web applications, evaluating network protection, blocking attacks in real time, ensuring compliance with industry and national standards, and training security specialists. Positive Technologies is the organizer of the annual Positive Hack Days international forum and security competition.
