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critical 9.8

CVE-2015-7241 in the critical feed json

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SAP Netweaver before 7.01.

published 2017-09-06 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-7172

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.5%
EPSS 13.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SAP Netweaver before 7.01.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-38261)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-38261 SAP NetWeaver < 7.01 - XML External Entity Injection webapps, 2015-09-22
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133627/SAP-Netweaver-XML-External-Entity-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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