CVE-2025-42999 (GCVE-0-2025-42999)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-13 00:17 – Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55
VLAI?
Title
Insecure Deserialization in SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer development server)
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
sap
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SAP_SE SAP NetWeaver (Visual Composer development server) Affected: VCFRAMEWORK 7.50
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