CVE-2025-42899 Missing Authorization check in SAP S4CORE (Manage Journal Entries)
An authenticated user can escalate privileges and read confidential data in SAP S4CORE due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-42899?
CVE-2025-42899 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP S4CORE (Manage Journal Entries), published on 11 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SAP S4CORE (Manage journal entries) does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user resulting in escalation of privileges. This has low impact on confidentiality of the application with no impact on integrity and availability of the application.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42899?
How do I fix CVE-2025-42899?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-42899 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42899 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pg79-24mp-wrx5.