CVE-2021-21468

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

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 table.

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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