CVE-2024-27899 (GCVE-0-2024-27899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-09 00:54 – Updated: 2025-08-27 15:48
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Summary
Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does not enforce proper security requirements for the content of the newly defined security answer. This can be leveraged by an attacker to cause profound impact on confidentiality and low impact on both integrity and availability.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism
Assigner
sap
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver AS Java User Management Engine Affected: SERVERCORE 7.50
Affected: J2EE-APPS 7.50
Affected: UMEADMIN 7.50
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