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CVE-2016-3974

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Configuration Wizard in SAP NetWeaver Java AS 7.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, conduct SMB Relay attacks, or access arbitrary files via a crafted XML request to _tc~monitoring~webservice~web/ServerNodesWSService, aka SAP Security Note 2235994.

Affected products

• SAP NetWeaver AS Java: from 7.10 through 7.50

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137527/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-XXE-Injection.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/41
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-013-sap-netweaver-7-4-ctcprotocol-servlet-xxe/
• https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-march-2016-review/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39995/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137527/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-XXE-Injection.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/41
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-013-sap-netweaver-7-4-ctcprotocol-servlet-xxe/
• https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-march-2016-review/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39995/

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