# CVE-2023-42481: Improper Access Control vulnerability in SAP Commerce Cloud

> A locked B2B user can bypass account lockouts via the forgotten password feature in Composable Storefront, regaining unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vm64-h6mj-w9f2

## What is CVE-2023-42481?

CVE-2023-42481 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Commerce Cloud, published on 12 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In SAP Commerce Cloud - versions HY_COM 1905, HY_COM 2005, HY_COM2105, HY_COM 2011, HY_COM 2205, COM_CLOUD 2211, a locked B2B user can misuse the forgotten password functionality to un-block his user account again and re-gain access if SAP Commerce Cloud - Composable Storefront is used as storefront, due to weak access controls in place. This leads to a considerable impact on confidentiality and integrity.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-42481?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Commerce Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-42481?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-42481 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-42481 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-42481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP Commerce Cloud

- [CVE-2019-0344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0344/): SAP Commerce Cloud Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2020-6238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6238/): XML external entity in SAP Commerce (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2023-39439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39439/): SAP Commerce accepts empty passphrases. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-0343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0343/): Code injection in SAP Commerce Cloud (Mediaconversion Extension) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-0322](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0322/): Denial of service in SAP Commerce Cloud (ex SAP Hybris Commerce) (HY COM) (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-42481 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-42481 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Commerce Cloud, published on 12 Dec 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-2023-42481 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Commerce Cloud. 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-2023-42481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42481/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-42481
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42481
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42481

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42481/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.