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CVE-2016-9563

72
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9563 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting SAP NetWeaver AS JAVA 7.5, allowing remote authenticated users to conduct XXE attacks via a specific URI. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a network-based attack requiring low privileges, with high impact on confidentiality. It is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog and mentions in community discussions, despite no public exploit code being readily available through Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered significant media coverage, highlighting its importance to SAP application security.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_application_server_java:7.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
23.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2381 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
erpscan.io / advisories/erpscan-16-034-sap-netweaver-java-xxe-vulnerability-bc-bmt-bpm-dsk-component
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
launchpad.support.sap.com
Permissions Required
securityfocus.com / bid/92419
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry