Open RedirectWeakness · CWE-601

CVE-2025-42924

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-11-11
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
SAP S/4HANA landscape SAP E-Recruiting BSP allows an unauthenticated attacker to craft malicious links, when clicked the victim could be redirected to the page controlled by the attacker. This has low impact on confidentiality and integrity of the application with no impact on availability.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

SAP E-Recruiting BSP in S/4HANA contains an open redirect vulnerability where unauthenticated attackers can craft malicious links containing arbitrary redirect URLs. When victims click these links, they are redirected to attacker-controlled pages, enabling phishing attacks. The vulnerability exists in the E-Recruiting business server pages component.

MitigationImplement strict URL validation using an allowlist approach for all redirect parameters, ensuring only trusted internal destinations are permitted. Sanitize any user-controlled redirect input and reject external URLs or suspicious patterns.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Identify installed SAP S/4HANA version
    Execute transaction code SM51 or use SAPMMC to view the SAP system release version, or query table VERSION in SE11 for system version details
    Affected if The installed S/4HANA version falls within the affected version range of the E-Recruiting BSP component and has not been patched
  2. Verify E-Recruiting component installation
    Use transaction code SE16 to query table ECRP_RECRUITING or check component availability via SAP Solution Manager, examining if module E-Recruiting is deployed
    Affected if E-Recruiting module is installed and active in the SAP system
  3. Confirm E-Recruiting BSP is enabled
    Access transaction code SE80 or SICF to check if the E-Recruiting business server pages /sap/bc/bsp/sap/ path is active and accessible
    Affected if The E-Recruiting BSP servlet path is active and publicly or internally accessible without additional authentication layers
  4. Inspect E-Recruiting URL parameters for redirect handling
    Review E-Recruiting BSP pages (especially career portal URLs) for parameters that control redirection such as ret, url, redirect, or target parameters using transaction code SE24 or by examining HTTP response headers
    Affected if The application accepts and processes redirect parameters without strict allowlist validation, allowing external URLs
  5. Check for existing SAP security notes addressing this CVE
    Search SAP Security Notes using transaction code SNOTE or the SAP Support Portal for note numbers related to CVE-2025-42924 or E-Recruiting open redirect
    Affected if No relevant SAP security note has been applied to address this specific vulnerability

If SAP E-Recruiting BSP is installed and active, the system is vulnerable unless an SAP security patch for CVE-2025-42924 has been applied or URL validation controls are in place.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement strict URL validation using an allowlist approach for all redirect parameters, ensuring only trusted internal destinations are permitted. Sanitize any user-controlled redirect input and reject external URLs or suspicious patterns.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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