SAP S/4HANA Manage Privilege Escalation via Missing Auth Checks
CVE-2023-42473 Published on October 10, 2023

Missing Authorization Check In S/4HANA (Manage Withholding Tax Items)
S/4HANA Manage (Withholding Tax Items) - version 106, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges which has low impact on the confidentiality and integrity of the application.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-42473 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?

The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

CVE-2023-42473 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-42473

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Affected Versions

SAP_SE S/4HANA (Manage Withholding Tax Items) Version 106 is affected by CVE-2023-42473

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.15%
Percentile
35.18%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.