# CVE-2020-6214: Missing authorization in SAP S/4HANA (Financial Products Subledger)

> An authenticated attacker can view, change, or delete data in SAP S/4HANA Financial Products Subledger due to incorrect authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fqr7-4324-59j5

## What is CVE-2020-6214?

CVE-2020-6214 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Financial Products Subledger), published on 14 Apr 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP S/4HANA (Financial Products Subledger), version 100, uses an incorrect authorization object in some reports. Although the affected reports are protected with other authorization objects, exploitation of the vulnerability would allow an authenticated attacker to view, change, or delete data, thereby preventing the proper segregation of duties in the system.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6214?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap S\/4hana.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6214?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6214 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6214 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP S/4HANA (Financial Products Subledger)

- [CVE-2022-22530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22530/): File upload in SAP S/4HANA (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-22531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22531/): File upload in SAP S/4HANA (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-24524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24524/): Missing authorization in S/4 HANA (Map Treasury Correspondence Format Data) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-22542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22542/): Information disclosure in SAP S/4HANA (Supplier Factsheet and Enterprise Search for Business Partner, Supplier and Customer) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-40306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40306/): URL Redirection vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Manage Catalog Items and Cross-Catalog search) (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6214 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6214 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Financial Products Subledger), published on 14 Apr 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6214 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP S/4HANA (Financial Products Subledger). 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-2020-6214/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6214/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6214
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6214
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6214

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6214/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.