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Missing Authorization

CVE-2021-21486

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

SAP Enterprise Financial Services versions, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 600, 603, 604, 605, 606, 616, 617, 618, 800, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published