CVE-2015-8840

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The XML Data Archiving Service (XML DAS) in SAP NetWeaver AS Java does not check authorization, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information, gain privileges, or possibly have unspecified other impact via requests to (1) webcontent/cas/cas_enter.jsp, (2) webcontent/cas/cas_validate.jsp, or (3) webcontent/aas/aas_store.jsp, aka SAP Security Note 1945215.

Affected products

SAP NetWeaver AS Java: all versions

References

http://scn.sap.com/community/security/blog/2015/07/15/sap-security-notes-july-2015
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-15-017-sap-netweaver-j2ee-das-service-unauthorized-access/
http://scn.sap.com/community/security/blog/2015/07/15/sap-security-notes-july-2015
https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-15-017-sap-netweaver-j2ee-das-service-unauthorized-access/

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