What is CVE-2020-6229?

CVE-2020-6229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-6229?

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

XSS in SAP Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages

CVE-2020-6229

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP (Business Server Pages application CRM_BSP_FRAME), versions 700, 701, 702, 710, 711, 730, 731, 740, 750, 751, 752, 75A, 75B, 75C, 75D, 75E, does not sufficiently encode user controlled inputs, resulting in reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-04-14 · 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 (49.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.3% 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 Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages — versions 75a, 75b, 75c
SAP Se Netweaver As Abap (Business Server Pages Application Crm Bsp Frame) — versions < 700, < 701, < 702

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6229?: CVE-2020-6229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver As Abap Business Server Pages, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-6229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.