# CVE-2022-41268: Privilege escalation in Business Planning and Consolidation

> A malicious user can execute unauthorized transactions via reserved codes in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, potentially escalating privileges to read, change, or delete system data.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 13 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 22 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pfpv-6wg2-46jw

## What is CVE-2022-41268?

CVE-2022-41268 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, published on 13 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In some SAP standard roles in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation - versions - SAP_BW 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, DWCORE 200, 300, CPMBPC 810, a transaction code reserved for the customer is used. By implementing such transaction code, a malicious user may execute unauthorized transaction functionality. Under specific circumstances, a successful attack could enable an adversary to escalate their privileges to be able to read, change or delete system data.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41268?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Business Planning and Consolidation.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41268?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-41268 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation

- [CVE-2023-0016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0016/): SQL Injection vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation MS (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-16349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-16349/): XML external entity in SAP (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-31407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31407/): Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-23851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23851/): File upload in Business Planning and Consolidation (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2020-6368](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6368/): Cross-site scripting in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41268 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41268 is a high-severity vulnerability in SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, published on 13 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41268 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP Business Planning and Consolidation. 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-2022-41268/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41268/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41268
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41268
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41268

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41268/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.