# CVE-2024-42373: Missing Authorization Check in SAP Student Life Cycle Management (SLcM)

> Authenticated attackers can delete restricted report variants due to missing authorization checks in SAP SLcM, impacting application integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 13 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 14 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qq3q-q2pr-3vj8

## What is CVE-2024-42373?

CVE-2024-42373 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Student Life Cycle Management (SLcM), published on 13 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP Student Life Cycle Management (SLcM) fails to conduct proper authorization checks for authenticated users, leading to the potential escalation of privileges. On successful exploitation it could allow an attacker to delete non-sensitive report variants that are typically restricted, causing minimal impact on the integrity of the application.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42373?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Student Life Cycle Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-42373?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42373 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-42373 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42373 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SAP_SE SAP Student Life Cycle Management (SLcM)

- [CVE-2024-34690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34690/): Missing Authorization check in SAP Student Life Cycle Management (SLcM) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-42373 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-42373 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Student Life Cycle Management (SLcM), published on 13 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42373 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Student Life Cycle Management (SLcM). 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-2024-42373/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42373/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-42373
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42373
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-42373

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42373/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.