# CVE-2023-33992: Missing Authorization Check in SAP Business Warehouse and SAP BW/4HANA

> An attacker with query and keyfigure authorizations can read unauthorized cell values due to a missing data-level authorization check in SAP BW.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 29 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pgvh-wr92-g752

## What is CVE-2023-33992?

CVE-2023-33992 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Business Warehouse and SAP BW/4HANA, published on 11 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The SAP BW BICS communication layer in SAP Business Warehouse and SAP BW/4HANA - version SAP_BW 730, SAP_BW 731, SAP_BW 740, SAP_BW 730, SAP_BW 750, DW4CORE 100, DW4CORE 200, DW4CORE 300, may expose unauthorized cell values to the data response. To be able to exploit this, the user still needs authorizations on the query as well as on the keyfigure/measure level. The missing check only affects the data level.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33992?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sap Business Warehouse, Sap Bw\/4hana.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-33992?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-33992 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP Business Warehouse and SAP BW/4HANA

- [CVE-2021-21465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21465/): SQL injection in SAP Business Warehouse (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2021-21466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21466/): Code injection in SAP BW/4HANA (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-26838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26838/): Command injection in SAP BW4HANA (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2021-21468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-21468/): Missing authorization in SAP Business Warehouse (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-39594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39594/): Cross-site scripting in SAP Business Warehouse - Business Planning and Simulation (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-33992 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-33992 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Business Warehouse and SAP BW/4HANA, published on 11 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Business Warehouse and SAP BW/4HANA. 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-2023-33992/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33992/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33992
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33992
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33992

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33992/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.