What is CVE-2020-6261?

CVE-2020-6261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-6261?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in SAP Solution Manager

CVE-2020-6261

SAP Solution Manager (Trace Analysis), version 7.20, allows an attacker to perform a log injection into the trace file, due to Incomplete XML Validation. The readability of the trace file is impaired.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2020-07-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Solution Manager — versions 7.20
SAP Se Solution Manager (Trace Analysis) — versions < 7.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6261?: CVE-2020-6261 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Solution Manager, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-6261?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.