CVE-2025-31324 kev+ ransomware in the critical feed json
Missing Authorization check in SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer development server)
published 2025-04-24 18 mo ago modified 2026-08-04 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-11987
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Exploited
- added 2025-04-29, used in ransomware
- epss
- 99.5%
- EPSS 99.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known, plus a Nuclei check
Summary
SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Metadata Uploader is not protected with a proper authorization, allowing unauthenticated agent to upload potentially malicious executable binaries that could severely harm the host system. This could significantly affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the targeted system.
Patch / fix
cisa 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.
Timeline
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active
- Published
- Added to CISA KEV
- CISA patch deadline
Known exploited
- Added
- 18 mo ago
- Patch by
- 2025-05-20 (17 mo ago)
- Ransomware
- Known to be used in ransomware campaigns
- 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.
- Vendor, product
- SAP, NetWeaver
- CISA name
- SAP NetWeaver Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability
Ransomware
Groups reported to have exploited it in intrusions.
- Bianlian ransomware gang
- RansomEXX ransomware gang
reported by reliaquest.com
Ransomware Vulnerability Matrix by BushidoUK (github.com/BushidoUK/Ransomware-Vulnerability-Matrix), reformatted per CVE. CC BY 4.0
ATT&CK techniques
How it is exploited and what it leads to, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.
- T1055 Process Injection exploitation
- T1505.003 Web Shell exploitation
- T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter primary impact
- T1602 Data from Configuration Repository secondary impact
kev release 2025-07-28, att&ck v16.1. KEV to ATT&CK mappings by the MITRE Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Mappings Explorer, Apache-2.0). © 2026 The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation. Terms of use
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Active, exploited in the wild
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 18 mo ago
Exploit prediction
99.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Nuclei template SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Metadata Uploader - Deserialization nuclei detection template
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer development server)
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
References
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url.sap
/sapsecuritypatchday
vendor-advisory
-
me.sap.com
/notes/3594142
permissions-required
-
onapsis.com
/blog/active-exploitation-of-sap-vulnerability-cve-2025-31324/
technical-description, third-party-advisory
-
cisa.gov
/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-31324
government-resource, us-government-resource
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theregister.com
/2025/04/25/sap_netweaver_patch/
press/media-coverage
-
bleepingcomputer.com
/news/security/sap-fixes-suspected-netweaver-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/
press/media-coverage
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-31324
- NVD CVE-2025-31324
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