Vulnerability in SAP Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform

CVE-2025-42896

SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform lets an unauthenticated remote attacker send crafted requests through the URL parameter that controls the login page error message. This can cause the server to fetch attacker-supplied URLs, resulting in low impact to confidentiality and integrity, and no impact to availability.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-42896: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-42896?
CVE-2025-42896 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SAP Se Businessobjects Business Intelligence Platform, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-42896?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.