CVE-2021-21487
SAP Payment Engine version 500, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an...
SAP Payment Engine version 500, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
SAP Payment Engine version 500, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-21487- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8760
SAP Payment Engine version 500, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8760- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qqrr-hr4w-72g2 No score
SAP Payment Engine version 500, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an...
SAP Payment Engine version 500, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.
- Record
GHSA-qqrr-hr4w-72g2- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
SAP Payment Engine version 500, does not perform necessary authorization checks for an authenticated user, resulting in escalation of privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-21487- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21487 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Sap Payment Engine, published March 9, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.