CVE-2021-21480

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2021 at 02:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorManufacturing Integration and Intelligence

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 52%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

SAP MII allows users to create dashboards and save them as JSP through the SSCE (Self Service Composition Environment). An attacker can intercept a request to the server, inject malicious JSP code in the request and forward to server. When this dashboard is opened by users having at least SAP_XMII Developer role, malicious content in the dashboard gets executed, leading to remote code execution in the server, which allows privilege escalation. The malicious JSP code can contain certain OS commands, through which an attacker can read sensitive files in the server, modify files or even delete contents in the server thus compromising the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the server hosting the SAP MII application. Also, an attacker authenticated as a developer can use the application to upload and execute a file which will permit them to execute operating systems commands completely compromising the server hosting the application.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 15.1v < 15.2v < 15.3v < 15.415.115.215.315.4
Affected range stops below 15.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94

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