# CVE-2025-42981: Multiple vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

> An unauthenticated attacker can craft a malicious URL to redirect victims and access or modify restricted web client information in SAP NetWeaver.

- **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-263g-f2m6-f7m9

## What is CVE-2025-42981?

CVE-2025-42981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, 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

Due to an open redirect vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, an unauthenticated attacker could craft a URL link embedding a malicious script at a location not properly sanitized. When a victim clicks on this link, the script executes within the victim's browser, redirecting them to a site controlled by the attacker. This allows the attacker to access and/or modify restricted information related to the web client. While the vulnerability poses no impact on data availability, it presents a considerable risk to confidentiality and integrity.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42981?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42981?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42981 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42981 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42981 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42981 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, 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-2025-42981 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-2025-42981/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42981/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42981
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42981
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42981

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42981/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.