CVE-2025-42984VulnerabilityPublished 10 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-42984: SAP S/4HANA (Manage Central Purchase Contract application) · Missing Authorization

Affects SAP S/4HANA (Manage Central Purchase Contract application)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.4Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 17% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
SAP_SE SAP S/4HANA (Manage Central Purchase Contract application)	Affected =107 =108	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations should implement the following specific mitigations: 1) Conduct an immediate audit of user privileges and roles within the SAP S/4HANA Manage Central Purchase Contract application to ensure the principle of least privilege is enforced, minimizing the number of users with access to sensitive functions. 2) Monitor and log all function import executions related to purchase contract entities to detect anomalous or unauthorized activity promptly. 3) Apply SAP security notes and patches as soon as they become available for CVE-2025-42984; in the absence of patches, consider temporary compensating controls such as restricting access to the affected application modules via network segmentation or SAP authorization objects. 4) Implement strong authentication mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication (MFA), to reduce the risk of credential compromise. 5) Conduct regular security training for SAP administrators and users to raise awareness about the risks of privilege misuse. 6) Engage in proactive vulnerability management and penetration testing focused on authorization controls within SAP environments to identify and remediate similar issues. 7) Collaborate with SAP support and security teams to receive timely updates and guidance on this vulnerability.

Description

SAP S/4HANA Manage Central Purchase Contract does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user. Due to this, an attacker could execute the function import on the entity making it inaccessible for unrestricted user. This has low impact on confidentiality and availability of the application.

Impact

For European organizations, especially those heavily reliant on SAP S/4HANA for procurement and supply chain management, this vulnerability poses a risk to the integrity and availability of central purchase contract data. Although the confidentiality impact is low, unauthorized users with valid credentials could disrupt contract management processes by making entities inaccessible, leading to delays in procurement, financial discrepancies, and potential compliance issues. This could affect industries such as manufacturing, retail, and public sector entities where SAP S/4HANA is widely deployed. The disruption of purchase contract accessibility may also impact supplier relationships and contractual obligations. Given the interconnected nature of supply chains in Europe, such disruptions could cascade, affecting broader operational continuity. Additionally, the requirement for authenticated access means insider threats or compromised user accounts could be leveraged to exploit this vulnerability. The absence of known exploits reduces immediate risk, but organizations should not underestimate the potential for targeted attacks aiming to disrupt critical business functions.

CWE-862Missing Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #4OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 11 Jul 2025, 00:31 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-862

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