Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-43007

MEDIUM · 6.3 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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69/100
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 Service Parts Management (SPM) does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, allowing an attacker to escalate privileges. This has low impact on confidentiality, 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 Service Parts Management (SPM) contains a missing authorization check vulnerability that allows authenticated users to escalate privileges beyond their assigned role permissions. An attacker with valid credentials can perform actions reserved for higher-privileged users.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks in SPM using SAP's role-based access control (RBAC) framework. Review and enforce authorization objects for all sensitive operations, and assign appropriate roles to users according to the principle of least privilege.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 SPM installation
    Check if SAP Service Parts Management is installed in your SAP system. Query table SE11 for table SPMPACKAGE or check SAP transaction code SPAM/SAINT for installed SPM packages.
    Affected if SAP Service Parts Management is installed and active in the environment
  2. Verify SPM version
    Check the installed SPM version by accessing SAP transaction SE03 or running report RS_MODULE_VERSION_CHECK for module SPMPARTMGMT. Compare against any vendor-released patch version information.
    Affected if The installed SPM version lacks the authorization patch and is earlier than the patched version
  3. Check SPM authorization object configuration
    Execute transaction SU53 immediately after performing SPM operations to check authorization failures. Also review object S_SPM_AUTH using transaction SUIM for authorization role assignments.
    Affected if Users can execute SPM functions without proper S_SPM_AUTH object checks returning errors in SU53
  4. Review user role assignments
    Use transaction PFCG to examine SPM-related roles assigned to users. Check for roles missing authorization objects for sensitive SPM transactions like SPMA, SPMB, or SPM1.
    Affected if Users possess SPM roles that lack complete authorization objects for sensitive operations, allowing actions beyond their assigned privileges
  5. Audit SPM transaction usage logs
    Review transaction STATS or system log SM37 for SPM-specific transactions. Look for execution of high-privilege SPM functions by users lacking elevated roles.
    Affected if Low-privilege users have executed high-privilege SPM operations in system logs

Users are affected if SAP Service Parts Management is installed and authenticated users can perform actions beyond their assigned role permissions due to missing authorization checks.

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From vendor data
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Mitigation

Implement proper authorization checks in SPM using SAP's role-based access control (RBAC) framework. Review and enforce authorization objects for all sensitive operations, and assign appropriate roles to users according to the principle of least privilege.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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