Commerce CloudApplication · Sap

CVE-2019-0343

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2019-08-14
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
See remediation →
94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
SAP 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 confidence

A 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.

MitigationApply 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.

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
Commerce CloudApplication
Affected:= 6.4= 6.5= 6.6= 6.7= 1808= 1811= 1905

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify SAP Commerce Cloud version
    Locate 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.
  2. Confirm Mediaconversion Extension is present
    Inspect 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.
  3. Verify Backoffice/HMC access controls
    Review 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.
  4. Check for media conversion configurations
    Examine 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.

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

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 data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply 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.

Fix this in Commerce Cloud Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA6.0 h
30.0 hours of engineering $5,120
Get help mitigating

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $8,192.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2019-0343 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-0343 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data