CVE-2023-42473

Missing Authorization Check In S/4HANA (Manage Withholding Tax Items)

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Published Oct 10, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

SAP_SE

S/4HANA (Manage Withholding Tax Items)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`106`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sap:s\/4hana:106:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-46913	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.327% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://me.sap.com/notes/3219846
https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

History

Mar 4, 2025 3:45 AM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sap S\/4hana

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 27, 2025, 8:46 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: sap
Published: Oct 10, 2023, 1:36 AM
Updated: Feb 27, 2025, 8:46 PM
Reserved: Sep 11, 2023, 7:15 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:23 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:23 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:23 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 10, 2023, 2:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:23 AM

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OpenCVE enrichment No data

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