Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8840

Title: Sap Netweaver Application Server Java Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8840.

CWE Category CWE-862
Published Date Apr 08, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8840: The XML Data Archiving Service (XML DAS) in SAP NetWeaver AS Java does not check authorization, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information, gain privileges, or possibly have unspecified other impact via requests to (1) webcontent/cas/cas_enter.jsp, (2) webcontent/cas/cas_validate.jsp, or (3) webcontent/aas/aas_store.jsp, aka SAP Security Note 1945215.

Impacted Vendors

S
sap 1

Reference Links

http://scn.sap.com/community/security/blog/2015/07/15/sap-security-notes-july-2015 https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-15-017-sap-netweaver-j2ee-das-service-unauthorized-access/ http://scn.sap.com/community/security/blog/2015/07/15/sap-security-notes-july-2015 https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-15-017-sap-netweaver-j2ee-das-service-unauthorized-access/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8840 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.