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UnicaApplication · Hcltech

CVE-2025-52615

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-12
Fix available
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Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
HCL Unica Platform is impacted by misconfigured security related HTTP headers. This can lead to less secure browser default treatment for the policies controlled by these headers.

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 · moderate confidence

HCL Unica Platform contains misconfigured security-related HTTP headers, allowing browsers to fall back to less secure default behaviors for policies that should be controlled by these headers (e.g., HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, CSP). This reduces the application's defense-in-depth against client-side attacks.

MitigationConfigure appropriate security HTTP headers on the web server, load balancer, or application server to enforce stricter browser security policies.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
UnicaApplication
Affected:<= 25.1.0

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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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 checks

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  1. Identify installed HCL Unica Platform version
    Locate the Unica installation directory and check version information files (typically in the 'tools' or 'configuration' subdirectory, or check the platform's about/version page in the web interface)
    Affected if The installed version is 25.1.0 or lower, as versions beyond 25.1.0 are not listed in the affected range
  2. Capture HTTP response headers from the Unica web application
    Use a tool like curl (curl -I https://your-unica-host/unica), browser DevTools (Network tab), or a header inspection tool to capture the HTTP response headers from the main Unica login or landing page
    Affected if The application is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS and returns headers that can be inspected
  3. Inspect for Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header
    Examine the HTTP response headers for the 'Strict-Transport-Security' header. If using curl: curl -I -L https://your-unica-host | grep -i 'Strict-Transport-Security'
    Affected if The Strict-Transport-Security header is missing, or present with weak values (e.g., very short max-age), allowing browsers to fall back to non-HTTPS connections
  4. Inspect for X-Frame-Options header
    Examine the HTTP response headers for the 'X-Frame-Options' header. If using curl: curl -I https://your-unica-host | grep -i 'X-Frame-Options'
    Affected if The X-Frame-Options header is missing, enabling clickjacking attacks via iframe embedding
  5. Inspect for X-Content-Type-Options header
    Examine the HTTP response headers for the 'X-Content-Type-Options' header. If using curl: curl -I https://your-unica-host | grep -i 'X-Content-Type-Options'
    Affected if The X-Content-Type-Options header is missing or not set to 'nosniff', allowing MIME-type sniffing that can lead to XSS attacks
  6. Inspect for Content-Security-Policy (CSP) header
    Examine the HTTP response headers for the 'Content-Security-Policy' or 'Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only' header. If using curl: curl -I https://your-unica-host | grep -i 'Content-Security-Policy'
    Affected if The Content-Security-Policy header is missing or overly permissive, failing to restrict inline scripts and untrusted sources

If the installed HCL Unica version is 25.1.0 or lower AND any of the security headers (HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, CSP) are missing or misconfigured in HTTP responses, the environment is vulnerable to reduced defense-in-depth against client-side attacks.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 25.1.0
Interim mitigation

Configure appropriate security HTTP headers on the web server, load balancer, or application server to enforce stricter browser security policies.

Fix this in Unica Scoped from the published advisory
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