# CVE-2025-1387: Learning Digital Orca HCM - Improper Authentication

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication to log in as any user in Orca HCM, leading to full account takeover.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qppj-w5x7-cqx2

## What is CVE-2025-1387?

CVE-2025-1387 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Learning Digital Orca HCM, published on 17 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Orca HCM from LEARNING DIGITAL has an Improper Authentication vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to log in to the system as any user.

Weakness: CWE-1390 (Weak Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1387?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Learningdigital Orca Hcm.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-1387?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1387 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-1387 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Learning Digital Orca HCM

- [CVE-2024-8584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8584/): LEARNING DIGITAL Orca HCM - Missing Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35963/): Learningdigital.com, Inc. Orca HCM - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35965/): Learningdigital.com, Inc. Orca HCM - Hard-code password (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-1388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1388/): Learning Digital Orca HCM - Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-1389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1389/): Learning Digital Orca HCM - SQL Injection (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-1387 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-1387 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Learning Digital Orca HCM, published on 17 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1387 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Learning Digital Orca HCM. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1387/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1387/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1387
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1387
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-1387

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1387/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.