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SAP NetWeaver SQL Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2016-2386 · SAP NetWeaver · Published 2016-02-16

How bad would it be?

9.8 out of 10

CVSS rates it critical: about as damaging as flaws get.

How likely is it to be used?

72%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, among the top 1% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).

Is it already being used?

Yes

CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 1583 days ago (2022-06-30).

What CISA says to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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.

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What the flaw 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.

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SQL injection

Input changes a database command instead of being handled as data.

CWE-89 · CISA KEV; NVD record: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0; NVD record: nvd@nist.gov

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