CVE-2025-42985Network attack vector

Script execution via insufficient URL sanitization

Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Jul 8, 2025

Open redirect in SAP BusinessObjects Content Administration Workbench allows remote attackers to run scripts through crafted URLs. SAP identifies insufficient URL sanitization in the workbench but has not publicly identified the request handler or parameter that accepts the crafted destination. A victim must open the malicious URL; script execution can expose or modify web-client data without interrupting the service.

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

What happened

Open redirect in SAP BusinessObjects Content Administration Workbench allows remote attackers to run scripts through crafted URLs. SAP identifies insufficient URL sanitization in the workbench but has not publicly identified the request handler or parameter that accepts the crafted destination. A victim must open the malicious URL; script execution can expose or modify web-client data without interrupting the service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-42985
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Updated
Jul 8, 2025
Vendor
SAP SE
Product
SAP BusinessObjects Content Administration Workbench
Classifications
CWE-601, 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=701
  5. Affected versionversion=702
  6. Affected versionversion=731
  7. Affected versionversion=740
  8. Affected versionversion=750
  9. Affected versionversion=751
  10. Affected versionversion=752
  11. Affected versionversion=753
  12. Affected versionversion=754
  13. Affected versionversion=755
  14. Affected versionversion=756
  15. Affected versionversion=757
  16. Affected versionversion=758
  17. Affected versionversion=816
  18. Affected versionversion=DW4CORE 100
  19. Affected versionversion=SAP_BW 700
  20. Affected versionversion=SAP_BW_VIRTUAL_COMP 701

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

SAP SE · SAP BusinessObjects Content Administration Workbenchversion=200; version=300; version=400; version=701; version=702; version=731; version=740; version=750; version=751; version=752; version=753; version=754; version=755; version=756; version=757; version=758; version=816; version=DW4CORE 100; version=SAP_BW 700; version=SAP_BW_VIRTUAL_COMP 701

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-601URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
T1204.001Malicious Link

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