What is CVE-2018-17865?

CVE-2018-17865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP J2ee Engine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-17865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in SAP J2ee Engine

CVE-2018-17865

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP J2EE Engine 7.01 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script via the wsdlPath parameter to /ctcprotocol/Protocol. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-08-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP J2ee Engine — versions 7.01

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/6 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17865?: CVE-2018-17865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP J2ee Engine, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-08-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-17865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.