CVE-2023-6542 — Due to lack of proper authorization checks in Emarsys SDK for Android, an attack

Due to lack of proper authorization checks in Emarsys SDK for Android, an attacker can call a particular activity and can forward himself web pages and/or deep links without any validation directly from the host application. On successful attack, an attacker could navigate to arb

01What is this vulnerability?

Due to lack of proper authorization checks in Emarsys SDK for Android, an attacker can call a particular activity and can forward himself web pages and/or deep links without any validation directly from the host application. On successful attack, an attacker could navigate to arbitrary URL including application deep links on the device.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
SAP_SE	SAP EMARSYS SDK ANDROID	100

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-12T01:36:22.773Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:35:13.594Z

09References

• me.sap.com — https://me.sap.com/notes/3406244
• www.sap.com — https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/02/fa865ea4-167e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html