What is CVE-2023-49581?

CVE-2023-49581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver Application Server Abap, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2023-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-49581?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

SQL Injection in SAP Netweaver Application Server Abap

CVE-2023-49581

SAP GUI for Windows and SAP GUI for Java allow an unauthenticated attacker to access information which would otherwise be restricted and confidential. In addition, this vulnerability allows the unauthenticated attacker to write data to a database table. By doing so the attacker could increase response times of the AS ABAP, leading to mild impact on availability.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP Netweaver Application Server Abap — versions 700, 731, 740
SAP Se Netweaver Application Server Abap And Platform — versions SAP_BASIS 700, SAP_BASIS731, SAP_BASIS740

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

me.sap.com/notes/3392547 (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49581?: CVE-2023-49581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Netweaver Application Server Abap, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2023-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-49581?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.