XSS Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver ABAP Platform
CVE-2025-42948 Published on August 12, 2025

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver ABAP Platform
Due to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 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 website?s page generation, resulting in the creation of malicious content. When this malicious content gets executed, the attacker could gain the ability to access/modify information within the scope of victim?s browser.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-42948 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-2025-42948 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.


Affected Versions

SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver ABAP Platform:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.22%
Percentile
44.18%

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.