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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-6287

SAP NetWeaver Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability

Published Jul 14, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · SAP NetWeaver

Patch now

CVE-2020-6287 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm SAP NetWeaver against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical10.0
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
94.72%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe sap/netweaver application server java · vendor SAP NetWeaver

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.

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  • cpe sap/netweaver application server java7.30
  • cpe sap/netweaver application server java7.31
  • cpe sap/netweaver application server java7.40
  • cpe sap/netweaver application server java7.50
  • vendor SAP NetWeaverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-6287

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-6287 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm SAP NetWeaver against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with sap/netweaver application server java 7.30; sap/netweaver application server java 7.31; sap/netweaver application server java 7.40; sap/netweaver application server java 7.50. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function. EPSS 94.72%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 14, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    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

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-6287

    SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java Platforms contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability allowing unauthenticated access to execute configuration tasks and create administrative users.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-6287

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-6287

    30-day exploitation probability 94.7%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_admin/sap/cve_2020_6287_ws_add_user

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-6287

    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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162085/SAP-JAVA-Configuration-Task-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-6287

    SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java Platforms contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability allowing unauthenticated access to execute configuration tasks and create administrative users.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.