CVE-2024-27899
Security misconfiguration vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java User Management Engine
Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does not enforce proper security requirements for the content of the newly defined security answer. This can be leveraged by an attacker to cause profound impact on confidentiality and low impact on both integrity and availability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Security misconfiguration vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS Java User Management Engine
Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does not enforce proper security requirements for the content of the newly defined security answer. This can be leveraged by an attacker to cause profound impact on confidentiality and low impact on both integrity and availability.
- Record
CVE-2024-27899- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-25091
Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does not enforce proper security requirements for the content of the newly defined security answer. This can be leveraged by an attacker to cause profound impact on confidentiality and low impact on both integrity and availability.
- Record
EUVD-2024-25091- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-556c-jfj4-29vc
Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does...
Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does not enforce proper security requirements for the content of the newly defined security answer. This can be leveraged by an attacker to cause profound impact on confidentiality and low impact on both integrity and availability.
- Record
GHSA-556c-jfj4-29vc- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Self-Registration and Modify your own profile in User Admin Application of NetWeaver AS Java does not enforce proper security requirements for the content of the newly defined security answer. This can be leveraged by an attacker to cause profound impact on confidentiality and low impact on both integrity and availability.
- Record
CVE-2024-27899- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-27899 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Sap Se Netweaver As Java User Management Engine, published April 9, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.