{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2016-9563 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.","what":"CVE-2016-9563 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Application Server Java, published on 23 Nov 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9563 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-9563 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Application Server Java, published on 23 Nov 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2016-9563 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.\n\nAffected product: Sap Netweaver Application Server Java. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9563/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9563/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-9563","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9563/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-9563","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-pqg2-q88q-5h4p"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Remote authenticated users can exploit an XML External Entity vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA to read sensitive data or cause denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"xxe"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"netweaver_application_server_java","vendor":"sap"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-611","name":"Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference"}],"description":"BC-BMT-BPM-DSK in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5 allows remote authenticated users to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via the sap.com~tc~bpem~him~uwlconn~provider~web/bpemuwlconn URI, aka SAP Security Note 2296909.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"SAP NetWeaver XML External Entity (XXE)","id":"CVE-2016-9563","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2021-11-03","dueDate":"2022-05-03","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"NetWeaver","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"SAP","vulnerabilityName":"SAP NetWeaver XML External Entity (XXE) Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"sap:netweaver_application_server_java","products":["sap:netweaver_application_server_java"],"type":"xxe","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-9564"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-9562"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-11-23","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"SAP NetWeaver Missing Authentication for Critical Function","id":"CVE-2020-6287","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-07-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"SAP NetWeaver Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2010-5326","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2016-05-13"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SAP NetWeaver SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2016-2386","kev_date_added":"2022-06-09","published":"2016-02-16"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal","id":"CVE-2017-12637","kev_date_added":"2025-03-19","published":"2017-08-07"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"SAP NetWeaver Directory Traversal","id":"CVE-2016-3976","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2016-04-07"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"SAP NetWeaver Information Disclosure","id":"CVE-2016-2388","kev_date_added":"2022-06-09","published":"2016-02-16"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-21","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote authenticated users can exploit an XML External Entity vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA to read sensitive data or cause denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9563/"}