Potential disclosure of persisted data, SAP security note 1588973

SAP security note 1588973, "Potential disclosure of persisted data". Below are the symptom and SAP recommended solution.

Description

Symptom

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

Solution

Apply this correction directly or apply 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.