CVE-2016-2388
SAP NetWeaver: Information Disclosure
As of , CVE-2016-2388 in SAP NetWeaver is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 9 June 2022
- US federal deadline
- 30 June 202221 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.52Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.10 on 9 June 2022EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 2 Exploit-DB entries
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
The Universal Worklist Configuration in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information via a crafted HTTP request.
CISA's description
The Universal Worklist Configuration in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information via a crafted HTTP request, aka SAP Security Note 2256846.
The CVE record's description, from mitre
- CVE published
- 16 February 2016
- Assigned by
- mitre
- CVSS
- 5.3 Medium (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-200
- Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- partial
Timeline
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 39841).
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 43495).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Exploit-DB: SAP NetWeaver J2EE Engine 7.40 - SQL InjectionEDB-ID 43495, 10 January 2018
- Exploit-DB: SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.1 < 7.5 - Information DisclosureEDB-ID 39841, 19 May 2016
NetWeaver: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-6287Missing Authentication for Critical Function | SAP NetWeaver | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.95 | 0.95 | ||
| CVE-2025-31324Unrestricted File Upload | SAP NetWeaver | Patch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2017-12637Directory Traversal | SAP NetWeaver | Patch this weekEPSS 0.95 | 0.95 | ||
| CVE-2016-2386SQL Injection | SAP NetWeaver | Patch this weekEPSS 0.72 | 0.72 | ||
| CVE-2025-42999Deserialization | SAP NetWeaver | Patch this weekRansomware use | 0.14 | ||
| CVE-2021-38163Unrestricted File Upload | SAP NetWeaver | Patch soon | 0.37 | ||
| CVE-2016-3976Directory Traversal | SAP NetWeaver | Patch soon | 0.47 | ||
| CVE-2010-5326Remote Code Execution | SAP NetWeaver | Patch soon | 0.18 | ||
| CVE-2016-9563XML External Entity (XXE) | SAP NetWeaver | Patch soon | 0.24 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org