CVE-2025-42956 | Multiple vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

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.

Published: 2025-07-08 Last update: 2025-10-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-42956 is rated Moderate Risk (47.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-42956

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-04 0.19% 0.48% +0.28%
2 2026-03-24 0.07% 0.19% +0.13%
3 2025-12-04 0.07%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-42956

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-42956

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-42956

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sap sap_basis 700 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:700:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 701 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:701:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 702 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:702:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 731 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:731:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 740 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:740:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 750 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:750:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 751 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:751:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 752 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:752:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 753 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:753:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 754 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:754:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 755 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:755:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 756 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:756:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 757 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:757:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 758 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:758:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sap sap_basis 816 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_basis:816:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-42956

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