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CVE-2017-12637

7.5, high Known exploited

SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Vulnerability

CVSS
7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
95% higher than 99.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
7 Aug 20179 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 19 Mar 2025. US federal agencies had to remediate by 9 Apr 2025, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in scheduler/ui/js/ffffffffbca41eb4/UIUtilJavaScriptJS in SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the query string, as exploited in the wild in August 2017, aka SAP Security Note 2486657.

Details

Vendor
SAP
Product
Netweaver Application Server Java
Weakness
CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2025-42999 SAP NetWeaver Deserialization Vulnerability KEV EPSS 13% 9.1, critical
  • CVE-2025-31324 SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability KEV EPSS 99% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2022-22536 SAP Multiple Products HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability KEV EPSS 98% 10, critical
  • CVE-2021-38163 SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability KEV EPSS 37% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2020-6287 SAP NetWeaver Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability KEV EPSS 95% 10, critical
  • CVE-2020-6207 SAP Solution Manager Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability KEV EPSS 98% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2019-0344 SAP Commerce Cloud Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability KEV EPSS 7% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2018-2380 SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Path Traversal Vulnerability KEV EPSS 29% 6.6, medium

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.