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CVE-2023-26461: XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver (SAP Enterprise Portal)

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.51% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

SAP NetWeaver allows (SAP Enterprise Portal) - version 7.50, allows an authenticated attacker with sufficient privileges to access the XML parser which can submit a crafted XML file which when parsed will enable them to access but not modify sensitive files and data. It allows the attacker to view sensitive data which is owned by certain privileges.

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Published: Mar 14, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.5% · 43th percentile
CWE: CWE-611

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 4.9
CNA · sap: 6.8; 1.9 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
sap	netweaver enterprise portal	cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver_enterprise_portal

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

sap netweaver enterprise portal7.50

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (sap). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

SAP NetWeaver (SAP Enterprise Portal)
- 7.50affected

Same product

sap: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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26Monitor
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24Monitor
CVE-2022-35227A vulnerability in SAP NW EP (WPC) - versions 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, which does not sufficiently validate user-controlled input, allows a r
24Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-35172Jul 12, 2022 · SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal - versions 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs, re
24Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2022-35225Jul 12, 2022 · SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal - versions 7.10, 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50, does not sufficiently encode user-controlled inputs ove
24Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-25645Mar 11, 2024 · Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver (Enterprise Portal)
21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).