CVE-2021-27605 Missing authorization in SAP Fiori Apps 2.0 for Travel Management in SAP ERP
An authenticated attacker can bypass authorization checks to read employee personnel numbers and names, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-27605?
CVE-2021-27605 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP Fiori Apps 2.0 for Travel Management in SAP ERP, published on 13 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SAP's HCM Travel Management Fiori Apps V2, version - 608, does not perform proper authorization check, allowing an authenticated but unauthorized attacker to read personnel numbers of employees, resulting in escalation of privileges. However, the attacker can only read some information like last name, first name of the employees, so there is some loss of confidential information, Integrity and Availability are not impacted.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27605?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Fiori Apps 2.0 for Travel Management in Sap Erp.
How do I fix CVE-2021-27605?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27605 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2021-27605 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27605 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vjhm-vgp3-q26w.