CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-8913

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: May 23, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The Visual Composer VC70RUNTIME component in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted XML document in a request to irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.visualcomposer.BIKit.default, aka SAP Security Note 2386873.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Netweaver_application_server_java Sap 7.50 (including) 7.50 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References