01 Record
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
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: sap
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-01-12 14:40Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 18:16Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-30
- Assigning CNA
- sap
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2f2d0d13ebf2ec334fad5a1c4fe3452b40b88548e17e1aef04c167a2644e3920
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
SAP SESAP Business Warehouse< 710, < 711, < 730, < 731, < 740, < 750, < 751, < 752, < 753, < 754, < 755, < 782—
06 References
- wiki.scn.sap.comhttps://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=564760476
- launchpad.support.sap.comhttps://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2986980
- seclists.org20220518 SEC Consult SA-20220518-0 :: Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in SAP Application Server, ABAP and ABAP Platform (Different Software Components)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/42
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167229/SAP-Application-Server-ABAP-ABAP-Platform-Code-Injection-SQL-Injection-Missing-Authorization.html