# CVE-2025-42965: Server-side request forgery in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Central Management Console Promotion Management Application

> An authenticated attacker can enumerate internal network systems via crafted requests in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3gwq-rj9c-4f42

## What is CVE-2025-42965?

CVE-2025-42965 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Central Management Console Promotion Management Application, published on 8 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SAP CMC Promotion Management allows an authenticated attacker to enumerate internal network systems by submitting crafted requests during job source configuration. By analysing response times for various IP addresses and ports, the attacker can infer valid network endpoints. Successful exploitation may lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability does not impact the integrity or availability of the application.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42965?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42965?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42965 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42965 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42965 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Central Management Console Promotion Management Application, published on 8 Jul 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42965 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform Central Management Console Promotion Management Application. 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-2025-42965/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42965/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42965
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42965
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42965

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42965/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.