# CVE-2025-31996: Unprotected files are impacting HCL Unica Platform

> Attackers can access unprotected files containing sensitive information in HCL Unica Platform due to improper access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jq72-627q-5jfj

## What is CVE-2025-31996?

CVE-2025-31996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software Unica Platform, published on 13 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL Unica Platform is affected by unprotected files due to improper access controls.   These files may contain sensitive information such as private or system information that can be exploited by attackers to compromise the application, infrastructure, or users.

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31996?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Unica.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-31996?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-31996 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software Unica Platform

- [CVE-2025-62319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62319/): Boolean-Based SQL Injection in Multiple Unica Components (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-37497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37497/): An XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-37498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37498/): HCL Unica Platform is vulnerable to a privilege escalation by unauthorized group assignation (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-37499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37499/): A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-37500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37500/): A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-31996 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-31996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software Unica Platform, published on 13 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software Unica Platform. 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-2025-31996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31996/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31996
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31996
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-31996

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31996/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.