# CVE-2025-42985: Open Redirect vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Content Administrator workbench

> Attackers can craft malicious URLs to redirect victims, potentially exposing or modifying web client data in SAP BusinessObjects Content Administrator.

- **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-6gv3-mm64-v4c8

## What is CVE-2025-42985?

CVE-2025-42985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Content Administrator workbench, 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 insufficient sanitization in the SAP BusinessObjects Content Administrator Workbench, attackers could craft malicious URLs and execute scripts in a victim�s browser. This could potentially lead to the exposure or modification of web client data, resulting in low impact on confidentiality and integrity, with no impact on application availability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42985?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-42985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Content Administrator workbench, 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-2025-42985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SAP_SE SAP BusinessObjects Content Administrator workbench. 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-2025-42985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42985/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42985

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42985/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.