CVE-2025-42999

SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Metadata Uploader is vulnerable when a privileged user can upload untrusted or malicious content which, when deserialized, could potentially lead to a compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host system.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://me.sap.com/notes/3604119	Permissions Required
https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday	Vendor Advisory
https://onapsis.com/blog/active-exploitation-of-sap-vulnerability-cve-2025-31324/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-42999	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sap:netweaver:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-05-13 01:15

Updated : 2025-10-31 21:58

NVD link : CVE-2025-42999

Mitre link : CVE-2025-42999

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-42999

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sap

netweaver

CWE

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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