Potential disclosure of persisted data in Hedge Management, SAP security note 1551185

SAP security note 1551185, "Potential disclosure of persisted data in Hedge Management", is a program error note released on 08.03.2011. Below are the symptom and SAP recommended solution.

Description

Symptom

A malicious user can exploit Hedge Management and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the retrieval of additional information persisted by the system.

Solution

Please implement the attached correction instructions or the corresponding support package.

Reason and prerequisites

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