SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2025-04-09 · passed 1 year 5 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java contains a directory traversal vulnerability in scheduler/ui/js/ffffffffbca41eb4/UIUtilJavaScriptJS that allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the query string.
Who is affected
SAP NetWeaver. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-22.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 1 year 5 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2017-12637 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12637
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- me.sap.com me.sap.com/notes/3476549
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12637