CVE-2021-38163

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38163
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-14 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-08 14:21:00 UTC
DescriptionSAP 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.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.847660000 probability, percentile 0.993340000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-06-09; due 2022-06-30; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-22

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorSAP
ProductNetWeaver
NameSAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38163

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sap Netweaver 7.30 All All All
Application Sap Netweaver 7.31 All All All
Application Sap Netweaver 7.40 All All All
Application Sap Netweaver 7.50 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
launchpad.support.sap.com MISC launchpad.support.sap.com
SAP Security Patch Day – September 2021 - Product Security Response at SAP - Community Wiki MISC wiki.scn.sap.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 87494 SAP NetWeaver AS File Upload Vulnerability
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