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CVE-2021-21468

The BW Database Interface does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges that allows the user to practically read out any database table.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from sap organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2021, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2021-01-12T15:15:16.093

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:48:26.010

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-862

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sap	business_warehouse	710	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	711	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	730	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	731	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	740	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	750	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	751	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	752	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	753	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	754	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	755	Yes
Application	sap	business_warehouse	782	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167229/SAP-Application-Server-ABAP-ABAP-Platform-Code-Injection-SQL-Injection-Missing-Authorization.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/42 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2986980 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=564760476 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167229/SAP-Application-Server-ABAP-ABAP-Platform-Code-Injection-SQL-Injection-Missing-Authorization.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/42 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2986980 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=564760476 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sap's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.