Business OneApplication · Sap

CVE-2023-37487

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-08-08
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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 Business One (Service Layer) - version 10.0, allows an authenticated attacker with deep knowledge perform certain operation to access unintended data over the network which could lead to high impact on confidentiality with no impact on integrity and availability 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 · moderate confidence

SAP Business One Service Layer in version 10.0 contains an information disclosure vulnerability where an authenticated attacker with deep knowledge can perform certain operations to access data they are not authorized to view over the network. This results in high confidentiality impact but no impact on integrity or availability.

MitigationReview and enforce proper authorization controls on Service Layer endpoints to ensure users can only access data they are explicitly permitted to access. Apply any available SAP security patches for this vulnerability.

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
Business OneApplication
Affected:= 10.0

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
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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.

dbcve checks

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

  1. Verify SAP Business One version
    Check the installed SAP Business One version via the SAP Business One Administration Tools, System Landscape Directory, or by querying the Service Layer version endpoint (typically /b1s/v1/ version info). Compare against the affected version 10.0.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 10.0 and Service Layer is exposed.
  2. Confirm Service Layer is enabled
    Verify that the SAP Business One Service Layer is installed and running. Check if the Service Layer application (usually hosted on port 50000 by default) is accessible and responding to HTTP requests.
    Affected if Service Layer is installed and accessible over the network.
  3. Identify exposed Service Layer endpoints
    Enumerate Service Layer OData endpoints accessible over the network. Review which service endpoints (such as /b1s/v1/) are exposed and their associated business objects.
    Affected if Service Layer endpoints are network-accessible without proper network segmentation.
  4. Review authorization configuration
    Inspect the authorization configuration for Service Layer endpoints. Check user permissions mapping and data access controls within the SAP Business One Service Layer authorization framework.
    Affected if Users can invoke Service Layer operations beyond their assigned permission scope.

A user is affected if they run SAP Business One version 10.0 with Service Layer enabled and accessible, and the authorization controls on Service Layer endpoints do not properly restrict data access to authorized users.

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

Review and enforce proper authorization controls on Service Layer endpoints to ensure users can only access data they are explicitly permitted to access. Apply any available SAP security patches for this vulnerability.

Fix this in Business One Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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