CVE-2017-15293
Xpress Server in SAP POS does not require authentication for file read and erase operations, daemon shutdown, terminal read operations, or certain attacks on credentials.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Xpress Server in SAP POS does not require authentication for file read and erase operations, daemon shutdown, terminal read operations, or certain attacks on credentials. This is SAP Security Note 2520064.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.92% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- sap/point of sale xpress server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100713Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.sap.com/2017/09/12/sap-security-patch-day-september-2017/Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-032-sap-pos-missing-authentication-xpressserver/
- https://erpscan.io/research/hacking-sap-pos/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100713Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.sap.com/2017/09/12/sap-security-patch-day-september-2017/Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-032-sap-pos-missing-authentication-xpressserver/
- https://erpscan.io/research/hacking-sap-pos/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.