CVE-2025-42962Network attack vector

Browser script execution via malicious loading-animation link

Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Jul 8, 2025

Reflected cross-site scripting in SAP Business Warehouse Business Explorer Web allows remote attackers to execute script in a user’s browser. The flaw is associated with the Business Explorer Web 3.5 loading animation, but SAP has not disclosed the affected parameter or code-level input-handling error. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to follow the malicious link, after which script execution can read or alter browser-accessible data in that user’s SAP origin.

CVSS severity6.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.23%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Reflected cross-site scripting in SAP Business Warehouse Business Explorer Web allows remote attackers to execute script in a user’s browser. The flaw is associated with the Business Explorer Web 3.5 loading animation, but SAP has not disclosed the affected parameter or code-level input-handling error. Exploitation requires an authenticated user to follow the malicious link, after which script execution can read or alter browser-accessible data in that user’s SAP origin.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-42962
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Updated
Jul 8, 2025
Vendor
SAP SE
Product
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
Classifications
CWE-79, T1204.001
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=200
  2. Affected versionversion=300
  3. Affected versionversion=400
  4. Affected versionversion=731
  5. Affected versionversion=740
  6. Affected versionversion=750
  7. Affected versionversion=751
  8. Affected versionversion=752
  9. Affected versionversion=753
  10. Affected versionversion=754
  11. Affected versionversion=756
  12. Affected versionversion=757
  13. Affected versionversion=758
  14. Affected versionversion=916
  15. Affected versionversion=DW4CORE 100
  16. Affected versionversion=SAP_BW 730

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

SAP SE · SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouseversion=200; version=300; version=400; version=731; version=740; version=750; version=751; version=752; version=753; version=754; version=756; version=757; version=758; version=916; version=DW4CORE 100; version=SAP_BW 730

Published CVSS scores

6.1SAP SECVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1204.001Malicious Link

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