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A vulnerability was found in SAP NetWeaver BI-BASE-B 7.50/BI-BASE-E 7.50/BI-BASE-S 7.50/BI-IBC 7.50/BIWEBAPP 7.50 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Rremote Service for Xcelsius. The manipulation results in amplification. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-42874. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SAP NetWeaver BI-BASE-B 7.50/BI-BASE-E 7.50/BI-BASE-S 7.50/BI-IBC 7.50/BIWEBAPP 7.50. Affected is an unknown code of the component Rremote Service for Xcelsius. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a amplification vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-405. The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is "asymmetric." This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SAP NetWeaver remote service for Xcelsius allows an attacker with network access and high privileges to execute arbitrary code on the affected system due to insufficient input validation and improper handling of remote method calls. Exploitation does not require user interaction and could lead to service disruption or unauthorized system control. This has high impact on integrity and availability, with no impact on confidentiality.

The advisory is available at me.sap.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-42874 since 04/16/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/16/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278309 (SAP NetWeaver AS Java DoS (December 2025)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (278309). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Solution Stack Software

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• SAP

Name

• NetWeaver

Version

• BI-BASE-B 7.50
• BI-BASE-E 7.50
• BI-BASE-S 7.50
• BI-IBC 7.50
• BIWEBAPP 7.50

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.sap.com/

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