Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-43000

HIGH · 7.9 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-13
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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81/100
Remediation priority · High
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
Under certain conditions Promotion Management Wizard (PMW) allows an attacker to access information which would otherwise be restricted.This has High impact on Confidentiality with Low 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

CVE-2025-43000 is an access control vulnerability in SAP's Promotion Management Wizard (PMW) module. Under certain conditions, an attacker can access information that would otherwise be restricted, indicating a broken access control or insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability. The high confidentiality impact suggests sensitive data exposure, while low integrity and availability impact indicates the flaw is primarily about unauthorized data viewing rather than modification or disruption.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks in the Promotion Management Wizard to verify user permissions before allowing access to any data or functionality. Conduct access control testing across all PMW functions to identify and remediate similar authorization gaps.

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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
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

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. Confirm SAP PMW module installation
    Check your SAP system for the Promotion Management Wizard component by querying transaction SE11 for table DMF_TC_COMP where COMPONENT contains 'PROMOTION' or check via transaction SA01 for PMW-related packages.
    Affected if PMW module is installed in your SAP environment
  2. Identify PMW version
    Access transaction SPAM or SUMA and check installed support packages for Promotion Management component, or query table VERFIELDS for PMW-related entries to determine the specific PMW version deployed.
    Affected if Installed PMW version falls within any affected range that may exist for this CVE
  3. Verify PMW web interface exposure
    Check transaction SICF for active PMW-related services under /sap/bc/rest/ or similar PMW endpoints, and review web dispatcher configuration for PMW access paths.
    Affected if PMW web services are active and exposed (even internally)
  4. Review PMW access control configurations
    Execute transaction SU53 immediately after attempting PMW data access to check authorization failures, and review role definitions via transaction PFCG for objects S_DM_PROMOTION or similar PMW-specific auth objects.
    Affected if Users without proper PMW roles can access PMW data or functions
  5. Audit PMW data access logs
    Check transaction ST03N and audit logs for PMW-specific transactions (such as PMW transaction codes if known) to identify any access patterns to restricted promotion data by unauthorized users.
    Affected if Logs show PMW data access by users lacking explicit promotion management permissions

A user is affected if they run the SAP Promotion Management Wizard module and the system allows unauthorized users to view restricted promotion data due to missing or broken access control checks.

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 authorization checks in the Promotion Management Wizard to verify user permissions before allowing access to any data or functionality. Conduct access control testing across all PMW functions to identify and remediate similar authorization gaps.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA8.0 h
44.0 hours of engineering $7,720
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