Background exploitation KEV catalog
CVE-2021-38163

SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

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…

CheckOps priority index
6.9/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity9.9
Probability3.7
Exploitation3/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 36.9% higher than 98.5% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 9.9 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,608 days 09 Jun 2022
CISA due date 30 Jun 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 3 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)09 Jun 2022
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)09 Jun 2022
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %36.9%
  • No account, over the networkno

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

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.

Affected products

SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT)NetWeaver
Affected versions
  • 7.40
  • 7.50
  • 7.30
  • 7.31
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 36.9%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2025-42999SAP NetWeaver Deserialization Vulnerability
    6.4 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2025-31324SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability
    10.0 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2017-12637SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability
    8.3 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2019-0344SAP Commerce Cloud Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
    5.9 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2022-22536SAP Multiple Products HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability
    9.3 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2016-2388SAP NetWeaver Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    6.1 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities