# CVE-2023-40625: Missing Authorization check in SAP Manage Purchase Contracts App

> An authenticated attacker can perform unintended actions and escalate privileges due to missing authorization checks in the SAP Manage Purchase Contracts App.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 12 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hjg5-r3cj-8vc3

## What is CVE-2023-40625?

CVE-2023-40625 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Manage Purchase Contracts App, published on 12 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

S4CORE (Manage Purchase Contracts App) - versions 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user. This could allow an attacker to perform unintended actions resulting in escalation of privileges which has low impact on confidentiality and integrity with no impact on availibility of the system.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40625?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap S4core.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-40625?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-40625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP Manage Purchase Contracts App

- [CVE-2024-39592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39592/): [CVE-2024-39592] Missing Authorization check in SAP PDCE (high 7.7)
- [CVE-2023-35870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35870/): Improper Access Control in SAP S/4HANA (Manage Journal Entry Template) (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-37172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37172/): [CVE-2024-37172] Missing Authorization check in SAP S/4HANA Finance (Advanced Payment Management) (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2026-23688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23688/): Missing Authorization check in SAP Fiori App (Manage Service Entry Sheets - Lean Services) (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2023-32112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32112/): Missing Authorization Check in Vendor Master Hierarchy (low 2.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40625 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-40625 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Manage Purchase Contracts App, published on 12 Sep 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-2023-40625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Manage Purchase Contracts App. 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-2023-40625/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40625/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40625
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40625
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40625

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40625/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.