# CVE-2025-42988: Server-Side Request Forgery in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform

> Unauthenticated attackers can enumerate internal HTTP endpoints and cause Server-Side Request Forgery in SAP Business Objects BI Platform.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5p5j-jvxx-4r3v

## What is CVE-2025-42988?

CVE-2025-42988 is a low-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 10 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Under certain conditions, SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform allows an unauthenticated attacker to enumerate HTTP endpoints in the internal network by specially crafting HTTP requests. This disclosure of information could further enable the researcher to cause SSRF. It has no impact on integrity and availability of the application.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-42988?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-42988?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-42988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-42988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

- [CVE-2023-0018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0018/): Cross-site scripting in BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform (Central management console) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-0022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0022/): Code Injection vulnerability in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence platform (Analysis edition for OLAP) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-6242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6242/): Auth bypass in SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform (Live Data Connect) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26831/): XML external entity in SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform (Crystal Report) (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-6219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6219/): Deserialization in Crystal Reports for VS (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-42988 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-42988 is a low-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, published on 10 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-42988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform. 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-2025-42988/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42988/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-42988
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-42988
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-42988

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-42988/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.