# CVE-2025-31963: HCL BigFix IVR is impacted by improper authentication and missing CSRF protection

> A local attacker can perform unauthorized configuration changes in HCL BigFix IVR due to missing CSRF protection and improper authentication in the setup interface.

- **Severity:** Low 2.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xc38-xcg4-vm4h

## What is CVE-2025-31963?

CVE-2025-31963 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCLSoftware BigFix IVR, published on 7 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper authentication and missing CSRF protection in the local setup interface component in HCL BigFix IVR version 4.2 allows a local attacker to perform unauthorized configuration changes via unauthenticated administrative configuration requests.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery), CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31963?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Bigfix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-31963?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31963 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-31963 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31963 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCLSoftware BigFix IVR

- [CVE-2022-44757](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44757/): HCL BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) is vulnerable to weak cryptography (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-44758](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44758/): HCL BigFix Insights for Vulnerability Remediation (IVR) is vulnerable to improper credential handling (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-31964](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31964/): HCL BigFix IVR is impacted by an improper service binding configuration (low 2.2)
- [CVE-2025-31962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31962/): HCL BigFix IVR is impacted by an insufficient session expiration vulnerability (low 2.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-31963 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-31963 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCLSoftware BigFix IVR, published on 7 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31963 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCLSoftware BigFix IVR. 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-2025-31963/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31963/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31963
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31963
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-31963

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31963/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.