CVE-2016-2388
The Universal Worklist Configuration in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information via a…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as SAP NetWeaver Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
- Added
- 9 Jun 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 30 Jun 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Public exploit
2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
- 39841 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43495 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 52.2% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 20160523 [ERPSCAN-16-010] SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA - information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137128/SAP-NetWeaver-AS-JAVA-7.5-Information-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-16-010-sap-netweaver-7-4-information-disclosure/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-security-notes-february-2016-review/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 39841 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43495 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145860/SAP-NetWeaver-J2EE-Engine-7.40-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-2388 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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