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Commerce CloudApplication · Sap

CVE-2020-6232

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-04-14
Mitigation only
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges 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, versions 1811, 1905, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an anonymous user, due to Missing Authorization Check. This affects confidentiality of secure media.

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 · moderate confidence

SAP Commerce versions 1811 and 1905 contain a missing authorization check vulnerability where anonymous (unauthenticated) users can access secure media files that should require authentication. This occurs because the media serving endpoints do not validate user authorization before returning confidential content, allowing unauthorized disclosure of sensitive media assets.

MitigationImplement proper authentication and authorization validation on all media serving endpoints in SAP Commerce to ensure only authenticated users with appropriate permissions can access protected media files.

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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:= 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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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.

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  1. Identify SAP Commerce version
    Check the installed SAP Commerce version through the admin console, manifest file, or system information endpoint (typically found in /hybris/ directory or via 'ant version' command in the installation root)
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1811 or 1905 (no other versions are affected)
  2. Locate media serving endpoints
    Identify media file storage locations and serving configurations in the SAP Commerce configuration files (look for media.web.root, media URLs in the backoffice configuration, or the media folder structure under /hybris/media/)
    Affected if Media files are served through web-accessible endpoints without explicit authentication requirements configured
  3. Verify media serving URL patterns
    Review the URL patterns configured for media serving in the web module configuration (typically in yacceleratorfront/web/webroot/WEB-INF/config or similar configuration directories)
    Affected if Media URLs follow patterns like /media/ or similar without authorization filter chains applied
  4. Test anonymous media access
    Attempt to access a known media file URL path without providing any authentication credentials (e.g., using a browser incognito window or curl without headers)
    Affected if The media content is returned successfully without requiring login or session authentication
  5. Check authorization filter configuration
    Inspect the security filter chain configuration for media-related URL patterns in the application web.xml or Spring Security configuration files
    Affected if Media serving URL patterns are not mapped to authentication filters or are explicitly marked as permitted without authentication

You are affected if running SAP Commerce Cloud version 1811 or 1905 AND media files are accessible via web URLs that do not enforce authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve protected content.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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

Implement proper authentication and authorization validation on all media serving endpoints in SAP Commerce to ensure only authenticated users with appropriate permissions can access protected media files.

Fix this in Commerce Cloud Scoped from the published advisory
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