# CVE-2020-6290: Other in SAP Disclosure Management

> Attackers can hijack user sessions in SAP Disclosure Management by forcing the use of a specific session ID, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mph7-jw9x-c242

## What is CVE-2020-6290?

CVE-2020-6290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Disclosure Management, published on 14 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP Disclosure Management, version 10.1, is vulnerable to Session Fixation attacks wherein the attacker tricks the user into using a specific session ID.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Disclosure Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6290 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-2020-6290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6290 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Disclosure Management, published on 14 Jul 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6290 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-2020-6290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6290

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