How severe is CVE-2020-6287?

CVE-2020-6287 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 10 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 94.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2020-6287: SAP NetWeaver Missing Authentication for Critical

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

SAP NetWeaver Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2022-05-03

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6287

Description

SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA (LM Configuration Wizard), versions - 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, does not perform an authentication check which allows an attacker without prior authentication to execute configuration tasks to perform critical actions against the SAP Java system, including the ability to create an administrative user, and therefore compromising Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of the system, leading to Missing Authentication Check.

Severity

CVSS 3.0 · CNA10 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
SAP SE	SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA (LM Configuration Wizard)	< 7.30 < 7.31 < 7.40 < 7.50

References

5 Links

Mailing lists

20210405 Onapsis Security Advisory 2021-0003: [CVE-2020-6287] - [SAP RECON] SAP JAVA: Unauthenticated execution of configuration tasks

Other references

Record Details

Published

2020-07-14

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

sap

Credited to

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