What is CVE-2018-2401?

CVE-2018-2401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redwood SAP Business Process Automation, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-2401?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XXE in Redwood SAP Business Process Automation

CVE-2018-2401

SAP Business Process Automation (BPA) By Redwood does not sufficiently validate an XML document accepted from an untrusted source resulting in an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2018-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Redwood SAP Business Process Automation — versions 9.00
SAP Se Business Process Automation (Bpa) By Redwood — versions 9.00

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required)
blogs.sap.com/2018/03/13/sap-security-patch-day-march-2018/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103374 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-2401?: CVE-2018-2401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redwood SAP Business Process Automation, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-2401?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.