CVE-2017-16678

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16678
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersap
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-12 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionServer Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Knowledge Management Configuration Service, EPBC and EPBC2 from 7.00 to 7.02; KMC-BC 7.30, 7.31, 7.40 and 7.50, that allows an attacker to manipulate the vulnerable application to send crafted requests on behalf of the application.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 4.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS: 0.004090000 probability, percentile 0.614150000 (date 2026-05-17)

Problem Types: CWE-918 | Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary4.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sap Epbc All All All All
Application Sap Epbc2 All All All All
Application Sap Kmc-bc 7.30 All All All
Application Sap Kmc-bc 7.31 All All All
Application Sap Kmc-bc 7.40 All All All
Application Sap Kmc-bc 7.50 All All All
Application Sap Netweaver Knowledge Management Configuration Service - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA SAP SAP NetWeaver Knowledge Management Configuration Service affected EPBC and EPBC2 from 7.00 to 7.02; KMC-BC 7.30, 7.31, 7.40 and 7.50 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SAP Security Patch Day – December 2017 | SAP Blogs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.sap.com Vendor Advisory
launchpad.support.sap.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.support.sap.com Permissions Required
SAP NetWeaver CVE-2017-16678 SSRF Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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