CVE-2023-40621 Code Injection vulnerability in SAP PowerDesigner Client
An attacker can execute arbitrary VBScript code by tricking a user into opening a malicious document, unless the script execution security option is manually enabled.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-40621?
CVE-2023-40621 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP PowerDesigner Client, published on 12 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 PowerDesigner Client - version 16.7, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject VBScript code in a document and have it opened by an unsuspecting user, to have it executed by the application on behalf of the user. The application has a security option to disable or prompt users before untrusted scripts are executed, but this is not set as default.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40621?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sap Powerdesigner.
How do I fix CVE-2023-40621?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40621 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2023-40621 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40621 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-37484 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities in SAP PowerDesigner
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h8m5-rv6r-f3vq.