SAP ABAP BAPI Explorer XSS via Authenticated JS Storage
CVE-2025-42901 Published on October 14, 2025
Code Injection vulnerability in SAP Application Server for ABAP (BAPI Browser)
SAP Application Server for ABAP allows an authenticated attacker to store malicious JavaScript payloads which could be executed in victim user's browser when accessing the affected functionality of BAPI explorer. This has low impact on confidentiality and integrity with no impact on availability of the application.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-42901 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2025-42901 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Affected Versions
SAP_SE SAP Application Server for ABAP (BAPI Browser):- Version SAP_BASIS 700 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 701 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 702 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 731 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 740 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 750 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 751 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 752 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 753 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 754 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 755 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 756 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 757 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 758 is affected.
- Version SAP_BASIS 816 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.