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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-42956 · published 8 July 2025

CVE-2025-42956: Sap basis cross-site scripting vulnerability

Sap · Sap Basis

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and ABAP Platform allows an unauthenticated attacker to create a malicious link which they can make publicly available. When an authenticated victim clicks on this malicious link, injected input data will be used by the web site page generation to create content which when executed in the victim's browser leading to low impact on Confidentiality and Integrity with no effect on Availability of the application.

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.21% · top 90.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.21%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and ABAP Platform allows an unauthenticated attacker to create a malicious link which they can make publicly available. When an authenticated victim clicks on this malicious link, injected input data will be used by the web site page generation to create content which when executed in the victim's browser leading to low impact on Confidentiality and Integrity with no effect on Availability of the application.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://me.sap.com/notes/3617131 Permissions Required
https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-42956), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.