CVE-2022-31597 Missing authorization in SAP S/4HANA

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

A low-privileged user can bypass authorization checks in the business partner extension, leading to privilege escalation and data integrity issues.

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-2022-31597?

CVE-2022-31597 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA, published on 12 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Within SAP S/4HANA - versions S4CORE 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, SAPSCORE 127, the application business partner extension for Spain/Slovakia does not perform necessary authorization checks for a low privileged authenticated user over the network, resulting in escalation of privileges leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity of the data.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31597?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sap S\/4hana, Sap Sapscore.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31597?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-31597 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-2022-31597 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31597 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cqf6-x4h9-93wj.

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