SAP security note 2014881, “Potential disclosure of persisted data in SAP HANA Web-based Development Workbench”, is a note. Below are the symptom, SAP recommended solution and the affected software components.
Description
Symptom
An attacker can exploit SAP HANA Web-based Development Workbench and use specially crafted inputs to modify database commands, resulting in the retrieval of additional information persisted by the system.
Solution
The vulnerability has been fixed with HANA revision 69.05. Update to at least this revision for HANA SPS06. HANA SPS07 and later releases are not affected.
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 an attacker. The manipulated SQL statement can then be used to retrieve data from the database.
CVSS
Score 3.5 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/AU:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected components
- HDB: 1.00 to 1.00
Full note on SAP: SAP Support Launchpad note 2014881
Detailed exploitation and proof-of-concept material for this note is maintained in the RedRays Security Platform. For access, contact [email protected].