sap netweaver CVE-2025-42938 is a vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver
Published on September 9, 2025

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver ABAP Platform
Due to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SAP NetWeaver ABAP Platform, an unauthenticated attacker could generate a malicious link and make it publicly accessible. If an authenticated user clicks on this link, the injected input is processed during the websites page generation, resulting in the creation of malicious content. When executed, this content allows the attacker to access or modify information within the victim's browser scope, impacting the confidentiality and integritywhile availability remains unaffected.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-42938 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. 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.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is a XSS Vulnerability?

The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

CVE-2025-42938 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-42938

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Affected Versions

SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver ABAP Platform:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.22%
Percentile
11.52%

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.