FKIE_CVE-2023-40621

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-12 03:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:18
Severity
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
SAP PowerDesigner Client - version 16.7, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject VBScript code in a document and have it opened by an unsuspecting user, to have it executed by the application on behalf of the user. The application has a security option to disable or prompt users before untrusted scripts are executed, but this is not set as default.
References
cna@sap.comhttps://me.sap.com/notes/3357163Permissions Required
cna@sap.comhttps://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://me.sap.com/notes/3357163Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sap powerdesigner 16.7
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  "affected": [
    {
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "SAP PowerDesigner Client",
          "vendor": "SAP_SE",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "16.7"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "cna@sap.com"
    }
  ],
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            }
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      "value": "SAP PowerDesigner Client - version 16.7, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject VBScript code in a document and have it opened by an unsuspecting user, to have it executed by the application on behalf of the user. The application has a security option to disable or prompt users before untrusted scripts are executed, but this is not set as default."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "SAP PowerDesigner Client - versi\u00f3n 16.7, permite a un atacante no autenticado inyectar c\u00f3digo VBScript en un documento y hacer que lo abra un usuario desprevenido, para que la aplicaci\u00f3n lo ejecute en nombre del usuario. La aplicaci\u00f3n tiene una opci\u00f3n de seguridad para deshabilitar o preguntar a los usuarios antes de que se ejecuten scripts que no sean de confianza, pero esto no se establece como predeterminado."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-40621",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:18:45.267",
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          "timestamp": "2024-09-25T15:03:57.473341Z",
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}



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