# CVE-2025-42945: HTML Injection vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via crafted URLs to steal or modify data from users with active sessions in SAP NetWeaver ABAP.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hw7q-cg9q-v7xj

## What is CVE-2025-42945?

CVE-2025-42945 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP has HTML injection vulnerability. Due to this, an attacker could craft a URL with malicious script as payload and trick a victim with active user session into executing it. Upon successful exploit, this vulnerability could lead to limited access to data or its manipulation. There is no impact on availability.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42945?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42945 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42945 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, published on 12 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server 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-2025-42945/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42945/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42945
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42945
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42945

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42945/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.