# CVE-2023-40306: URL Redirection vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Manage Catalog Items and Cross-Catalog search)

> Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via insufficient URL validation in SAP S/4HANA Fiori apps, impacting confidentiality and integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g7j8-x6g6-f5vj

## What is CVE-2023-40306?

CVE-2023-40306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Manage Catalog Items and Cross-Catalog search), published on 8 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP S/4HANA Manage Catalog Items and Cross-Catalog searches Fiori apps allow an attacker to redirect users to a malicious site due to insufficient URL validation. As a result, it may have a slight impact on confidentiality and integrity.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40306?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap S\/4hana.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-40306?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40306 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-40306 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40306 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP S/4HANA (Manage Catalog Items and Cross-Catalog search)

- [CVE-2022-22530](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22530/): File upload in SAP S/4HANA (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-22531](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22531/): File upload in SAP S/4HANA (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-24524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24524/): Missing authorization in S/4 HANA (Map Treasury Correspondence Format Data) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-22542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22542/): Information disclosure in SAP S/4HANA (Supplier Factsheet and Enterprise Search for Business Partner, Supplier and Customer) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-42473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42473/): Missing Authorization Check In S/4HANA (Manage Withholding Tax Items) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40306 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-40306 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP S/4HANA (Manage Catalog Items and Cross-Catalog search), published on 8 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40306 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP S/4HANA (Manage Catalog Items and Cross-Catalog search). 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-2023-40306/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40306/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40306
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40306
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40306

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40306/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.