CVE-2021-38163 (GCVE-0-2021-38163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-14 11:21 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25
VLAI? CISA
Summary
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 ?
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Unrestricted File Upload
Assigner
sap
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SAP SE SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT) Affected: 7.30
Affected: 7.31
Affected: 7.40
Affected: 7.50
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2022-06-09

Due date: 2022-06-30

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38163

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