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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVE-2025-42956

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and ABAP Platform allows an unauthenticated attacker to create a malicious link which they can make publicly available. When an authenticated victim clicks on this malicious link, injected input data will be used by the web site page generation to create content which when executed in the victim's browser leading to low impact on Confidentiality and Integrity with no effect on Availability of the application.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

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Advisory Timeline

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