CVE-2025-42947
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 · uneditedSAP FICA ODN framework allows a high privileged user to inject value inside the local variable which can then be executed by the application. An attacker could thereby control the behaviour of the application causing high impact on integrity, low impact on availability and no impact on confidentiality of the application.
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 confidenceSAP FICA ODN framework contains a code injection vulnerability where a high-privileged authenticated user can inject malicious values into a local variable that subsequently gets executed by the application, allowing manipulation of application behavior.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
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.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm SAP FICA installationExecute transaction SAINT or use SAP MWSL to list installed software components and verify the presence of SAP FICA (Financial Integration Contract Accounting) module in your SAP system.Affected if SAP FICA module is installed in the environment
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Verify ODN framework is enabledCheck SAP FICA configuration settings or use transaction SPRO to navigate to SAP FICA > ODN framework settings and determine whether the ODN (Outbound Delivery Notification) framework is actively configured or enabled.Affected if The ODN framework module is enabled or configured in the SAP FICA environment
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Identify high-privileged usersUse transaction SUIM or SU01 to review user accounts with high-privileged roles (such as SAP_ALL, or custom admin roles with ODN framework access) that have authenticated access to the SAP FICA system.Affected if High-privileged authenticated user accounts exist with access to the ODN framework functionality
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Review ODN variable assignment configurationsExamine ODN framework-related configuration tables or custom ABAP code that handles local variable assignments within the ODN processing logic. Use transaction SE11/SE16 to inspect custom tables or SE80 to review custom ABAP programs involving ODN variable handling.Affected if Custom configurations or code in the ODN framework allow user-controlled input to be assigned to variables that are later executed
The environment is affected if SAP FICA with the ODN framework is installed, the ODN framework is enabled, and high-privileged users can inject values into variables that get executed by the application.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation and sanitization for all variable assignments in the ODN framework. Use parameterized approaches or whitelisting to prevent arbitrary value injection into executable contexts.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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