THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2020-26820
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-26820

Netweaver Application Server Java vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA, versions - 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, allows an attacker who is authenticated as an administrator to use the administrator console, to expose unauthenticated access to the file system and upload a malicious file. The attacker or another user can then use a separate mechanism to execute OS commands through the uploaded file leading to Privilege Escalation and completely compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the server operating system and any application running on it.
Affected vendor
Sap
Affected product
Netweaver Application Server Java
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2020-11-10

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-26820

  • Confirm whether Sap Netweaver Application Server Java is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-26820.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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