# CVE-2018-2403: Missing authorization in SAP Disclosure Management

> An authorized user can access restricted chapter data in SAP Disclosure Management by manipulating chapter type pointers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f456-7m27-wjmp

## What is CVE-2018-2403?

CVE-2018-2403 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP Disclosure Management, published on 10 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Under certain conditions, SAP Disclosure Management 10.1 allows an attacker to access information which would otherwise be restricted. It is possible for an authorized user to get SAP Disclosure Management to point a specific chapter type to a chapter the user has not been given access to.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2403?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Disclosure Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-2403?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2403 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-2403 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Disclosure Management

- [CVE-2019-0258](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0258/): Missing authorization in SAP Disclosure Management (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-2487](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2487/): Path traversal in SAP Disclosure Management (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2020-6209](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6209/): Missing authorization in SAP Disclosure Management (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-41274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41274/): Missing authorization in Disclosure Management (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-6267](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6267/): Information disclosure in SAP Disclosure Management (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-2403 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-2403 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP Disclosure Management, published on 10 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Disclosure Management. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2403/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2403/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-2403
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2403
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-2403

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