# CVE-2023-27897: Code Injection vulnerability in SAP CRM

> Authenticated attackers can execute unauthorized application functions in SAP CRM, impacting data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:** 11 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 7 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5558-5q6p-4jgw

## What is CVE-2023-27897?

CVE-2023-27897 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in SAP CRM, published on 11 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In SAP CRM - versions 700, 701, 702, 712, 713, an attacker who is authenticated with a non-administrative role and a common remote execution authorization can use a vulnerable interface to execute an application function to perform actions which they would not normally be permitted to perform. Depending on the function executed, the attack can can have limited impact on confidentiality and integrity of non-critical user or application data and application availability.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-27897?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Customer Relationship Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-27897?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-27897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-27897 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27897 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP CRM

- [CVE-2018-2380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-2380/): SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Path Traversal (medium 6.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2014-8669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8669/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-7095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7095/): XML external entity in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-15296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15296/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-3979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-3979/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-27897 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-27897 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in SAP CRM, published on 11 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-27897 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP CRM. 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-2023-27897/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27897/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27897
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27897
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-27897

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27897/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.