Advisory
On 08.07.2025 a security relevant correction has been released by SAP SE. The manufacturer resolves an issue within SAP Data Services.
SAP Note 3606103 addresses "[CVE-2025-42973] Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SAP Data Services (DQ Report)" to prevent cross-site scripting (xss) with a medium risk for exploitation.
A workaround does not exist, according to SAP Security Advisory team. It is advisable to implement the correction as part of maintenance, the team suggests.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) is the name of a class of security vulnerabilities that can occur in web-based
applications. XSS combines
all vulnerabilities that allow an attacker to inject HTML Markup and/or JavaScript into the front end of the
affected web application.
XSS attacks can occur whenever the application dynamically creates its HTML/JavaScript/CSS content, which is passed
to the
user's web browser, and attacker-controlled values are used in this process. If these values are included in the
generated code without proper validation and encoding, the attacker is able to include arbitrary
coding snippets into the application's front end. The code is then rendered by the victim's web browser and
interpreted in the victim's current authentication context.
Risk specification
SAP Data Services allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts into the DQ job status report search functionality, leading to the execution of unauthorized scripts within the user’s browser session.Solution
URL parameters are now properly validated to prevent successful cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The advisory is valid for
- SBOP_DS_MANAGEMENT_CONSOLE 2025
- SBOP_DS_MANAGEMENT_CONSOLE 4.3
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