THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-4014
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-4014

Netweaver vulnerability

CVSS
8.6
EPSS
5.3%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the UDDI component in SAP NetWeaver JAVA AS 7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted DTD in an XML request to uddi/api/replication, aka SAP Security Note 2254389.
Affected vendor
Sap
Affected product
Netweaver
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Published
2016-04-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-4014

  • Confirm whether Sap Netweaver is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-4014.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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