CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-38163

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2021-09-14 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability — SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver contains a vulnerability that allows unrestricted file upload.

Added to KEV
2022-06-09
Remediation due
2022-06-30
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38163
Status
Analyzed
Published
2021-09-14
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.9 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT) versions - 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, without restriction, an attacker authenticated as a non-administrative user can upload a malicious file over a network and trigger its processing, which is capable of running operating system commands with the privilege of the Java Server process. These commands can be used to read or modify any information on the server or shut the server down making it unavailable.

Affected configurations

• sap netweaver 7.30 • sap netweaver 7.31 • sap netweaver 7.40 • sap netweaver 7.50

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References