FKIE_CVE-2021-38163

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-09-14 12:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 19:00
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
cna@sap.comhttps://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084487Permissions Required
cna@sap.comhttps://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084487Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38163US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sap netweaver 7.30
sap netweaver 7.31
sap netweaver 7.40
sap netweaver 7.50
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  "cisaExploitAdd": "2022-06-09",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
  "cisaVulnerabilityName": "SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability",
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    },
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      "value": "SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT) versiones - 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, sin restricci\u00f3n, un atacante autenticado como usuario no administrativo puede cargar un archivo malicioso a trav\u00e9s de la red y desencadenar su procesamiento, que es capaz de ejecutar comandos del sistema operativo con el privilegio del proceso del servidor Java. Estos comandos pueden ser usados para leer o modificar cualquier informaci\u00f3n en el servidor o apagar el servidor haciendo que no est\u00e9 disponible"
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  "lastModified": "2025-11-03T19:00:11.613",
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