{"id":"CVE-2021-38163","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-38163","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T14:01:52.611Z","title":"SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability","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.","published":"2021-09-14T12:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:01:38.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cna@sap.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["sap/netweaver"],"epss":{"score":0.36898,"percentile":0.98507,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-06-09","dueDate":"2022-06-30","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38163"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 30 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084487","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"cna@sap.com"},{"url":"https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cna@sap.com"},{"url":"https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084487","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-38163","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38163","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}