# CVE-2020-6233: Missing authorization in SAP S/4 HANA (Financial Products Subledger and Banking Services) (FSAPPL)

> An authenticated user can run analysis reports without proper authorization checks, causing system slowdowns in SAP S/4 HANA.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **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:** 14 Apr 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hxp2-q48f-xhqg

## What is CVE-2020-6233?

CVE-2020-6233 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP S/4 HANA (Financial Products Subledger and Banking Services) (FSAPPL), published on 14 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP S/4 HANA (Financial Products Subledger and Banking Services), versions - FSAPPL 400, 450, 500 and S4FPSL 100, allows an authenticated user to run an analysis report due to Missing Authorization Check, resulting in slowing the system.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6233?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Banking Services From Sap, Sap S\/4hana Financial Products Subledger.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6233?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6233 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP S/4 HANA (Financial Products Subledger and Banking Services) (FSAPPL)

- [CVE-2019-0276](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0276/): Missing authorization in Banking services from SAP 9.0 (FSAPPL) (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6233 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6233 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP S/4 HANA (Financial Products Subledger and Banking Services) (FSAPPL), published on 14 Apr 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP S/4 HANA (Financial Products Subledger and Banking Services) (FSAPPL). 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-2020-6233/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6233/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6233
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6233
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6233

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6233/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.