CVE-2021-38163

State
Published
Severity
9.9 Critical
Published
Sep 14, 2021
Updated
Oct 21, 2025
Reserved
Aug 7, 2021

Read the record on cve.org

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsap

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT)SAP SE
  • 7.30Affected
  • 7.31Affected
  • 7.40Affected
  • 7.50Affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.