Over 1,200 SAP Instances Exposed to Critical Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Security researchers have issued a warning about a severe vulnerability affecting SAP systems, with over 1,200 instances potentially exposed to remote exploitation. This comes after SAP disclosed a critical flaw in the NetWeaver Visual Composer’s Metadata Uploader earlier this week.

The NetWeaver Visual Composer is a development environment designed for building web-based business applications without coding. It is widely used to develop dashboards, forms, and interactive reports. The Metadata Uploader enables developers to import external metadata into the platform, establishing connections with remote data sources such as databases, web services, and other SAP systems.

SAP has identified the vulnerability as CVE-2025-31324, assigning it the highest severity rating of 10 out of 10. The flaw arises due to a lack of authentication in the Metadata Uploader, allowing attackers to upload malicious files without needing authorization.

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Upon discovering the issue, SAP first released a workaround, followed by a comprehensive patch in lat

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