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CVE-2021-38163: SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-09
• EPSS: 36.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: 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 products

• SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver: 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50

References

• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084487
• https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405
• https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084487
• https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38163

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