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SAP Authentication Security
Evaluate authentication workflows, session management, single sign-on integrations, identity provider configurations, and potential authentication bypass vulnerabilities.
Services · SAP Product Security
SAP Product Security Assessment
Your SAP Systems Power Your Business. Are They Secure Against Real-World Threats?
At Bugquell, we provide expert-led security assessments for SAP applications and products. Our researchers investigate authorization weaknesses, privilege escalation, insecure OData services, authentication flaws, and business logic vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive enterprise data and critical business operations.
Overview
What Is SAP Product Security Assessment?
FIORI
Fiori Apps
Frontend controls and the services behind them.
ODATA
OData Services
Entity sets, operations and query options.
AUTHZ
Authorization
Roles, privileges and organisational boundaries.
Our approach
Manual-first testingResearch-drivenBusiness logic focus
Tools we use
Burp Suite ProfessionalPostman
SAP products support some of the most critical operations within modern organizations, including financial management, supply chain operations, procurement, human resources, enterprise resource planning, and business analytics.
These platforms process sensitive business information, financial records, employee data, customer details, and operational transactions. Security weaknesses in SAP applications can create significant risks to data confidentiality, business integrity, and operational continuity.
An SAP Product Security Assessment is a specialized security evaluation designed to identify and validate vulnerabilities in SAP application functionality, authentication mechanisms, authorization controls, APIs, and business workflows.
Modern SAP products often integrate web-based interfaces, SAP Fiori applications, OData services, REST APIs, and complex role-based access control mechanisms. Each component introduces security considerations that require an understanding of both application behavior and enterprise authorization boundaries.
At Bugquell, our security researchers follow a manual-first, research-driven penetration testing approach to investigate security weaknesses that automated vulnerability scanners may overlook.
Our assessments focus on how SAP applications enforce permissions, manage user identities, process sensitive transactions, and restrict access to business-critical functionality. We evaluate supported SAP applications and interfaces based on the agreed assessment scope, deployment model, and testing authorization.
Coverage
What We Test
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SAP Authorization & Access Control
Assess application-level authorization controls, user permissions, role restrictions, and access to sensitive business functionality. Identify broken access controls, unauthorized resource access, and weaknesses in role-based authorization enforcement.
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SAP OData Service Security
Evaluate OData services, entity sets, navigation properties, query options, and service operations for insecure authorization, unauthorized data access, and improper input handling.
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Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Investigate whether users with limited privileges can access administrative functionality, execute restricted operations, or modify protected enterprise resources.
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SAP Business Logic Security
Examine enterprise workflows, approval processes, financial operations, procurement activities, and other business-critical functions for opportunities to bypass intended restrictions.
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SAP Fiori Application Security
Assess SAP Fiori application functionality, user interactions, frontend security controls, and associated backend services for vulnerabilities.
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SAP API Security
Evaluate REST APIs, OData endpoints, authentication tokens, authorization controls, sensitive data exposure, and insecure request handling.
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Multi-Tenant & Organizational Data Isolation
Assess whether users can access or manipulate records belonging to other tenants, organizations, company codes, or business units beyond their assigned permissions.
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Sensitive Enterprise Data Exposure
Identify weaknesses that could expose financial information, employee records, customer details, procurement data, or confidential business information.
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Session & Token Management
Evaluate session expiration, token validation, logout behavior, session invalidation, and protection against unauthorized session reuse.
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Injection & Input Validation
Test applicable application inputs, API parameters, and service operations for injection vulnerabilities, insecure input handling, and unexpected application behavior.
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Security Misconfiguration
Review relevant application-level security configurations, exposed functionality, error handling, unnecessary information disclosure, and insecure service settings.
Threats
Common SAP Application Security Vulnerabilities
01Broken Authorization Controls
SAP applications may fail to enforce appropriate permissions when users access sensitive business records or restricted functionality.
Impact · Unauthorized access to enterprise information, modification of protected records, and exposure of confidential business data.
02Privilege Escalation
Users with limited permissions may be able to perform actions intended for administrators or higher-privileged roles.
Impact · Unauthorized administrative operations, modification of critical configurations, and compromise of business processes.
03Insecure OData Service Authorization
OData services may expose entity sets or operations without consistently enforcing object-level and function-level authorization.
Impact · Unauthorized access to enterprise records, cross-user data exposure, and manipulation of restricted business information.
04Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
Application endpoints may allow users to access resources belonging to other users or organizational units by modifying identifiers in requests.
Impact · Exposure of financial records, employee information, customer data, or other sensitive business resources.
05Authentication & Session Management Weaknesses
Improper authentication enforcement, token handling, or session validation may allow unauthorized access to application functionality.
Impact · Account compromise, session misuse, and unauthorized access to enterprise systems.
06Business Logic Vulnerabilities
Weaknesses in enterprise workflows may allow users to bypass approval requirements, manipulate transactions, or perform actions outside intended business rules.
Impact · Financial loss, unauthorized business operations, compliance issues, and compromised process integrity.
07Excessive Data Exposure
SAP application interfaces or APIs may return sensitive fields or records beyond what a user requires or is authorized to view.
Impact · Disclosure of confidential enterprise information, financial data, employee records, or business-sensitive details.
08Cross-Tenant or Cross-Organization Access
Insufficient isolation between tenants, company codes, or organizational units may allow users to access data outside their permitted business context.
Impact · Unauthorized access to organizational records, data leakage, and compromise of enterprise data separation.
09Insecure API Functionality
Backend APIs may expose sensitive operations without sufficient authorization or input validation.
Impact · Unauthorized data modification, privilege escalation, and abuse of business-critical functionality.
10Application Security Misconfiguration
Improperly configured application features, exposed services, or excessive error details may reveal information useful to attackers.
Impact · Information disclosure, expanded attack surface, and unauthorized access to application functionality.
Methodology
Our SAP Product Security Assessment Methodology
STEP 1
Scope & SAP Application Architecture Review
We begin by understanding the SAP product, deployment model, application architecture, business functionality, user roles, and authorization requirements.
Our team identifies the SAP applications, supported interfaces, APIs, organizational boundaries, and environments included in the assessment.
Testing permissions, restrictions, and rules of engagement are established before security testing begins.
STEP 2
Reconnaissance & Attack Surface Mapping
Our security researchers explore the SAP application's functionality, navigation structure, accessible modules, user workflows, and exposed services.
Using tools such as Burp Suite Professional and Postman, where appropriate, we analyze HTTP requests, API endpoints, OData services, request parameters, authentication mechanisms, and application responses.
We document the relevant attack surface and identify areas requiring deeper manual investigation.
STEP 3
SAP Authentication & Authorization Testing
We manually evaluate authentication mechanisms, session handling, user roles, and application authorization controls.
Our researchers compare application behavior and API requests between different users, permission levels, and organizational contexts.
Testing focuses on identifying broken access controls, IDOR, unauthorized operations, horizontal and vertical privilege escalation, and inconsistent authorization enforcement.
STEP 4
OData Services & API Security Testing
We assess exposed OData services and other supported APIs for authorization weaknesses, sensitive data exposure, and insecure request handling.
Testing may include examining entity sets, navigation properties, supported operations, and relevant OData query options such as $filter, $select, and $expand.
We investigate whether authorization is consistently enforced when accessing individual records, related entities, or restricted service operations.
STEP 5
Business Logic & Enterprise Workflow Testing
We analyze business-critical SAP workflows to understand how application features, user permissions, and enterprise processes interact.
Our researchers investigate whether approval requirements, role restrictions, transaction rules, or other business controls can be bypassed.
Where appropriate, we examine whether multiple security weaknesses can be chained to demonstrate greater business impact.
STEP 6
Vulnerability Validation & Impact Analysis
Potential vulnerabilities are manually validated through controlled testing within the authorized scope.
We evaluate exploitability, affected users, required permissions, accessible resources, and potential impact on enterprise data and business operations.
Testing is performed with precautions to minimize disruption to critical SAP environments.
STEP 7
Detailed Security Reporting
We provide a comprehensive SAP application security assessment report documenting validated vulnerabilities, affected functionality, severity ratings, reproduction steps, technical evidence, business impact, and remediation recommendations.
Our reporting is designed to help both technical teams and business stakeholders understand identified risks and remediation priorities.
STEP 8
Remediation Support & Retesting
We provide practical remediation guidance to help development and security teams address identified weaknesses.
Where included in the engagement, we retest previously reported vulnerabilities to verify whether implemented security fixes effectively resolve the identified issues.
Deliverables
What You Receive
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Executive Security Summary
A clear overview of the SAP security assessment, major findings, potential business risks, and recommended remediation priorities.
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Detailed Technical Vulnerability Report
Comprehensive documentation of validated vulnerabilities, affected SAP application functionality, endpoints, authorization controls, and severity classifications.
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Proof-of-Concept Evidence
Relevant HTTP requests and responses, screenshots, reproduction steps, and supporting evidence demonstrating identified security weaknesses.
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Authorization & Business Logic Findings
Detailed explanations of identified permission weaknesses, unauthorized access scenarios, privilege escalation, and business workflow vulnerabilities.
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Risk & Business Impact Assessment
An evaluation of how identified vulnerabilities could affect enterprise data confidentiality, transaction integrity, operational processes, and business continuity.
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Actionable Remediation Recommendations
Practical recommendations to help SAP application owners, developers, and security teams strengthen security controls and address identified vulnerabilities.
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Retesting & Verification Results
Documentation of remediation verification where retesting is included in the agreed assessment.
Why us
Why Choose Bugquell?
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Specialized SAP Application Security Research
Our security researchers investigate SAP application functionality, authorization controls, OData services, and business workflows to identify security weaknesses that require deeper technical analysis.
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Manual-First Security Testing
We prioritize hands-on penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities that automated scanners may overlook, particularly those involving complex permissions and enterprise business logic.
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Expertise in Authorization & Privilege Escalation
Our assessments emphasize broken access controls, IDOR, horizontal and vertical privilege escalation, and unauthorized access to sensitive enterprise functionality.
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OData & API Security Knowledge
We understand how OData services and application APIs expose business functionality and investigate whether access restrictions are consistently enforced across supported operations.
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Real-World Business Impact Analysis
We evaluate how identified vulnerabilities could affect enterprise information, approval processes, financial transactions, and business-critical operations.
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Clear & Actionable Security Reporting
Our reports explain vulnerabilities, technical evidence, business impact, and recommended fixes in a format understandable to technical teams and non-technical decision-makers.
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ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Certified
Bugquell operates an ISO/IEC 27001:2022-certified information security management system, demonstrating our commitment to structured information security practices.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q01What is an SAP Product Security Assessment?+
An SAP Product Security Assessment evaluates the security of SAP applications, authentication mechanisms, authorization controls, APIs, OData services, and business workflows to identify vulnerabilities that could expose enterprise data or enable unauthorized operations.
Q02Which SAP products can Bugquell assess?+
Bugquell can assess supported SAP web applications, SAP Fiori interfaces, OData services, and related application APIs, subject to technical feasibility and the agreed scope.
The specific assessment approach depends on the SAP product, deployment model, available access, and authorization to test.
Q03Do you test SAP OData services?+
Yes. We assess OData endpoints for authorization weaknesses, insecure object access, sensitive data exposure, and improper handling of supported service operations.
Our testing examines whether users can access or modify resources beyond their assigned permissions.
Q04Can SAP applications contain privilege escalation vulnerabilities?+
Yes. Security weaknesses may allow users with limited privileges to access restricted functionality or perform operations intended for higher-privileged roles.
We manually evaluate authorization boundaries to identify these issues.
Q05Do you assess SAP business logic vulnerabilities?+
Yes. We investigate application workflows, approval processes, transaction handling, and other business operations to identify opportunities for bypassing intended restrictions.
Q06Do you perform manual or automated SAP security testing?+
Bugquell follows a manual-first testing approach. Tools such as Burp Suite Professional and Postman assist with request analysis and API testing, while our researchers manually investigate application behavior and validate security findings.
Q07Can SAP security testing be performed in production environments?+
Testing in production environments requires appropriate authorization, carefully defined rules of engagement, and precautions to minimize operational risk.
Where possible, potentially disruptive testing is performed in suitable non-production environments.
Q08How long does an SAP Product Security Assessment take?+
The assessment duration depends on the SAP product, application complexity, number of modules, user roles, exposed services, and agreed testing scope.
We provide an estimated timeline after reviewing the assessment requirements.
Q09Does an SAP Product Security Assessment replace SAP security configuration or compliance audits?+
No. Application penetration testing focuses on identifying exploitable vulnerabilities in application functionality, APIs, and authorization controls.
SAP security configuration reviews, segregation-of-duties analysis, infrastructure assessments, and compliance audits may require separate assessment scopes.
Attack surface: unknown
Your SAP Applications Run Critical Operations. Make Security a Priority.
Protect your enterprise applications, sensitive business information, and critical workflows with expert-led SAP security assessments from Bugquell. Identify hidden authorization weaknesses, insecure OData services, and business logic vulnerabilities before they become serious security threats.