# CVE-2025-31997: HCL Unica Centralized Offer Management is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)

> Attackers can bypass authorization to directly access unauthorized system resources like database records or files in HCL Unica Centralized Offer Management.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cv6v-m8f3-3hvw

## What is CVE-2025-31997?

CVE-2025-31997 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in HCL Software Unica Centralized Offer Management, published on 12 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL Unica Centralized Offer Management is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR).  An attacker can bypass authorization and access resources in the system directly, for example database records or files.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31997?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Unica Centralized Offer Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-31997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-31997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software Unica Centralized Offer Management

- [CVE-2025-31993](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31993/): HCL Unica Centralized Offer Management is vulnerable to a potential Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2025-31998](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31998/): HCL Unica Centralized Offer Management is vulnerable to poor unhandled exceptions which exposes sensitive information (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-31997 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-31997 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in HCL Software Unica Centralized Offer Management, published on 12 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software Unica Centralized Offer Management. 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-2025-31997/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31997/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31997
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31997
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-31997

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31997/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.