# CVE-2025-42962: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Business Warehouse (Business Explorer Web 3.5 loading animation)

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in a victim's browser via a malicious link, compromising confidentiality and integrity.

- **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:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q93r-4rqq-mxc7

## What is CVE-2025-42962?

CVE-2025-42962 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Business Warehouse (Business Explorer Web 3.5 loading animation), published on 8 Jul 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 Business Warehouse (Business Explorer Web) allows an attacker to create a malicious link. If an authenticated user clicks on this link, the injected script gets executed within the scope of victim�s browser. This potentially leads to an impact on confidentiality and integrity. Availability is not impacted.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42962?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42962?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42962 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42962 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42962 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42962 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42962 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP Business Warehouse (Business Explorer Web 3.5 loading animation), published on 8 Jul 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-2025-42962 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP Business Warehouse (Business Explorer Web 3.5 loading animation). 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-2025-42962/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42962/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42962
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42962
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42962

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42962/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.