Potential disclosure of persisted data in Cross-System Tools, SAP security note 1498009

SAP security note 1498009, “Potential disclosure of persisted data in Cross-System Tools”, is a note. Below is the security information published by SAP for this note.

Description

Symptom

A malicious user can exploit BC-CUS-TOL-CST (Cross-System Tools) and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the retrieval of additional information persisted by the system.

Reason and prerequisites

The problem is caused by an SQL injection vulnerability. The code composes an SQL statement including strings that can be altered by a malicious user. The manipulated SQL statement can then be used to retrieve data from the database.

Solution

Implement the corrections in the note.