CVE-2019-0343
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSAP Commerce Cloud (Mediaconversion Extension), versions 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 1808, 1811, 1905, allows an authenticated Backoffice/HMC user to inject code that can be executed by the application, leading to Code Injection. An attacker could thereby control the behavior of the application.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA code injection vulnerability in SAP Commerce Cloud's Mediaconversion Extension (versions 6.4-1905) allows authenticated Backoffice/HMC users to inject arbitrary code that gets executed by the application, potentially enabling attackers to control application behavior.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.4= 6.5= 6.6= 6.7= 1808= 1811= 1905CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify SAP Commerce Cloud versionLocate the version information in your SAP Commerce Cloud installation. Check the system information or configuration files that store the platform version (commonly found in the localextensions.xml, build configuration, or admin console).Affected if The installed version matches any of: 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 1808, 1811, or 1905.
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Confirm Mediaconversion Extension is presentInspect your extension configuration (localextensions.xml or similar) to verify whether the Mediaconversion Extension is included in the active extension list.Affected if The Mediaconversion Extension is loaded and active in your configuration.
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Verify Backoffice/HMC access controlsReview the user roles and access permissions assigned to Backoffice or HMC (HMC = Backoffice Management Console) users in your system. Check which user accounts have access to these administrative interfaces.Affected if Untrusted or low-privilege users have Backoffice/HMC access, enabling them to trigger the vulnerable code path.
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Check for media conversion configurationsExamine any custom media conversion configurations or scripts defined within the Mediaconversion Extension, particularly any user-defined conversion logic that could be manipulated.Affected if Custom conversion configurations exist that accept user input without sanitization.
You are affected if you run any of the listed versions (6.4 through 1905) AND have the Mediaconversion Extension enabled with accessible Backoffice/HMC accounts for untrusted users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply SAP's security patch for CVE-2019-0343 to the Mediaconversion Extension or upgrade to a patched SAP Commerce Cloud version; restrict Backoffice/HMC user permissions as a compensating control until patched.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-0343 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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