CVE-2025-42977 (GCVE-0-2025-42977)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-10 00:10 – Updated: 2025-06-10 15:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Directory Traversal vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer
Summary
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability caused by insufficient validation of input paths provided by a high-privileged user. This allows an attacker to read or modify arbitrary files, resulting in a high impact on confidentiality and a low impact on integrity.
Severity
7.6 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-10 14:19 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAP_SE | SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer |
Affected:
VCBASE 7.50
|
guessed |
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