SAP · NetWeaver
CVE-2016-2386
SAP NetWeaver SQL Injection Vulnerability
Exploited in attacks
Critical 9.8 Attack chance: 72%
What it is
SQL injection vulnerability in the UDDI server in SAP NetWeaver J2EE Engine 7.40 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors, aka SAP Security Note 2101079.
CISA: SQL injection vulnerability in the UDDI server in SAP NetWeaver J2EE Engine 7.40 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
What to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Deadline for US federal agencies: June 30, 2022
- Added to the CISA list
- June 9, 2022
- Published
- February 16, 2016
- Severity
- Critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- 72% in the top 0.6% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (7)
- https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-011-sap-netweaver-7-4-sql-injection-vulnerability/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137129/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-SQL-Injection.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39840/
- https://github.com/vah13/SAP_exploit
- https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-february-2016-review/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43495/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/56
More exploited flaws from SAP
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | Deserialization | NetWeaver | Critical 9.1 | 13% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Unrestricted File Upload | NetWeaver | Critical 10.0 | 99.5% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Directory Traversal | NetWeaver | High 7.5 | 95% |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Information Disclosure | NetWeaver | Medium 5.3 | 52% |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Unrestricted File Upload | NetWeaver | Critical 9.9 | 37% |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Remote Code Execution | NetWeaver | Critical 10.0 | 18% |
| Nov 3, 2021 | Directory Traversal | NetWeaver | High 7.5 | 47% |
| Nov 3, 2021 | XML External Entity (XXE) | NetWeaver | Medium 6.5 | 24% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.