CVE-2025-42969
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-42969 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sap (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 34.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20340
Vulnerability details
SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and ABAP Platform allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject a malicious script into a dynamically crafted URL. The victim, when tricked into clicking on this crafted URL unknowingly executes the malicious payload in their browser.…
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On successful exploitation, the attacker can access or modify sensitive information within the scope of victim's web browser, with no impact on availability of the application.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.