CVE•Published 2025-05-13•Modified 2026-08-11•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2025-42999Sap · Netweaver

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Description

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.

Timeline

Published 2025-05-13

Modified 2026-08-11

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag500 hosts

vuln:CVE-2025-42999

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Sap Netweaver" version:"7.5"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Netweaver"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Netweaver" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2025-42999