# CVE-2025-42908: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP

> An authenticated attacker can bypass authorization checks to execute restricted transactions, compromising system integrity and confidentiality.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-37rg-fg68-qv29

## What is CVE-2025-42908?

CVE-2025-42908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP, published on 14 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Due to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP, an authenticated attacker could initiate transactions directly via the session manager, bypassing the first transaction screen and the associated authorization check. This vulnerability could allow the attacker to perform actions and execute transactions that would normally require specific permissions, compromising the integrity and confidentiality of the system by enabling unauthorized access to restricted functionality. There is no impact to availability from this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42908?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42908?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42908 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP, published on 14 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42908/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42908/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42908
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42908
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42908

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42908/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.