CVE-2015-8840 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8840?

CVE-2015-8840 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Application Server Java, published on 8 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8840?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap Netweaver Application Server Java.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8840?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-8840 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2015-8840 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8840 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-6287 SAP NetWeaver Missing Authentication for Critical Function Exploited Critical 10.0
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• CVE-2016-2386 SAP NetWeaver SQL Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-12637 SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2016-3976 SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal Exploited High 7.5

All Sap Netweaver Application Server Java vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w4vx-prc6-6vhh.