CVE-2021-38163

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.

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

• 9.9CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (sap)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

• Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

Timeline

1. 14 Sep 2021 Published
2. 9 Jun 2022 CVE-2021-38163 added to CISA KEV
3. 9 Jun 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

• CWE-22

References

• wiki.scn.sap.comx_refsource_MISC
• launchpad.support.sap.comx_refsource_MISC