CVE-2021-21465

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The BW Database Interface allows an attacker with low privileges to execute any crafted database queries, exposing the backend database. An attacker can include their own SQL commands which the database will execute without properly sanitizing the untrusted data leading to SQL injection vulnerability which can fully compromise the affected SAP system.

Affected products

SAP SE SAP Business Warehouse: 710, 711, 730, 731, 740, 750 (+6)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167229/SAP-Application-Server-ABAP-ABAP-Platform-Code-Injection-SQL-Injection-Missing-Authorization.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/42
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2986980
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=564760476
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167229/SAP-Application-Server-ABAP-ABAP-Platform-Code-Injection-SQL-Injection-Missing-Authorization.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/42
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2986980
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=564760476

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