CVE-2025-42872 (GCVE-0-2025-42872)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-09 02:13 – Updated: 2025-12-09 16:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal
Summary
Due to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, an unauthenticated attacker could inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users� browsers, allowing the attacker to steal session cookies, tokens, and other sensitive information. As a result, the vulnerability has a low impact on confidentiality and integrity and no impact on availability.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-09 14:24 UTC
CWE
- CWE-489 - Active Debug Code
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAP_SE | SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal |
Affected:
EP-RUNTIME 7.50
|
guessed |
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