Advisory
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vulnerabilities reported by external researchers and their customers every second Tuesday of the month.
SAP Note 3568307
was released on
08.04.2025 and deals with
"[CVE-2025-26657] Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP KMC WPC" within Java.
We advice you to follow the instructions, to resolve
information disclosure
with a
medium potential for exploitation
in component EP-KM-CM.
According to SAP Security Advisory team a workaround does not exist. It is advisable to implement the correction as part of maintenance.
Information disclosure is when an application fails to properly protect sensitive and confidential information from
parties that are not supposed to have access to the subject matter in normal circumstances.
Carefully review every information disclosure vulnerablity in regards to disclosure obligations post-GDPR for
‘Personal data’ under the Data Protection Act 2018.
Risk specification
SAP NetWeaver Knowledge Management and Collaboration (KMC) Web Page Composer (WPC) contains a vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely retrieve usernames via a crafted parameter query. This is due to a missing code validation check and may lead to the exposure of sensitive information.Solution
The fix enforces user authentication by verifying login status and prompting a login if the user is not already authenticated.
Affected System
SAP Netweaver Application Server Java is part of the SAP NetWeaver Application Platform. It provides the complete infrastructure for deploying and running Java applications.
- The AS Java Home: SAP Netweaver Application Server Java wiki
- A dedicated SAP NetWeaver 7.40 Application Server for Java Security Guide exists.
The advisory is valid for
- 9.9 [CVE-2025-0066] Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver AS for ABAP and ABAP Platform(Internet Communication Framework)
- 9.9 [CVE-2023-40622] Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management)
- 9.8 [CVE-2023-28765] Information Disclosure vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Promotion Management )
- 9.1 [CVE-2023-28762] Information Disclosure in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central Management Console)
- 9.0 [CVE-2020-6252] Information Disclosure in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Cockpit)