Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-33690

SSRF in Sap Netweaver Development Infrastructure 7.11 … 7.50

High EPSSSSRF
Published
15 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.68 99.2th percentile
Risk Priority 92 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2021-33690 is a critical-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Sap Netweaver Development Infrastructure. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability has been detected in the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure Component Build Service versions - 7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50The SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure Component Build Service allows a threat actor who has access to…

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the server to perform proxy attacks on server by sending crafted queries. Due to this, the threat actor could completely compromise sensitive data residing on the Server and impact its availability.Note: The impact of this vulnerability depends on whether SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) runs on the intranet or internet. The CVSS score reflects the impact considering the worst-case scenario that it runs on the internet.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
SSRF in a public-facing SAP service directly enables exploitation of remote services via crafted requests.
T1213 Data from Information Repositories Collectionconfidence: MEDIUM
SSRF can be abused to retrieve sensitive data from internal repositories or configuration stores.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

sap
netweaver development infrastructure
7.11, 7.20, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.3.6
  • V1.5.3
  • V5.3.2
  • V10.4.7

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure development practices directly include input validation and destination allow-listing that prevent SSRF.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of web applications and services can detect anomalous outbound requests indicative of SSRF.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover and record SSRF flaws in web applications.

PR.IR-01 partial match
prevents

Network segmentation and egress controls can limit the damage from successful SSRF requests.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Operational threat data describing SSRF campaigns can be used to tighten outbound-request allow-lists and detection rules before attackers exploit them.

References