What is CVE-2018-2371?

CVE-2018-2371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver Java Web Application, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-2371?

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

XSS in SAP Netweaver Java Web Application

CVE-2018-2371

The SAML 2.0 service provider of SAP Netweaver AS Java Web Application, 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs, which results in Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-02-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Netweaver Java Web Application — versions 7.50
SAP Se Netweaver Java Web Application — versions 7.50

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/103005 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required)
blogs.sap.com/2018/02/13/sap-security-patch-day-february-2018/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-2371?: CVE-2018-2371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver Java Web Application, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-02-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-2371?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.