FlipperApplication · Opentext

CVE-2025-8052

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable 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
SQL Injection vulnerability in opentext Flipper allows SQL Injection.  The vulnerability could allow a low privilege user to interact with the database in unintended ways and extract data by interacting with the HQL processor. This issue affects Flipper: 3.1.2.

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 · high confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in OpenText Flipper version 3.1.2 allows low-privilege authenticated users to inject malicious SQL/HQL queries through the Hibernate Query Language processor, enabling unauthorized database interaction and data exfiltration.

MitigationApply vendor-provided security patches or upgrade to a fixed version; until then, implement strict input validation on all user-supplied parameters and apply least-privilege database access controls.

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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
FlipperApplication
Affected:= 3.1.2

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

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

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

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed OpenText Flipper version
    Locate the Flipper application version information through the admin interface, version file, or application metadata (check /opt/flippper/version, admin dashboard 'About' section, or WAR file manifest if self-hosted)
    Affected if version displayed is exactly 3.1.2
  2. Verify Hibernate Query Language endpoint accessibility
    Check if the HQL query processor endpoint is exposed by examining application routing configuration, web.xml, or API documentation for endpoints that accept raw query parameters (look for patterns like /query, /hql, /search, or Hibernate-related endpoints)
    Affected if any HQL/query endpoint accepts user-supplied parameters without validation
  3. Confirm low-privilege user access to query functionality
    Log in with a low-privilege (non-admin) authenticated account and attempt to access any query-builder or search features that interface with Hibernate
    Affected if low-privilege users can access and submit queries through the HQL processor
  4. Inspect database user privileges
    Review the database connection configuration used by Flipper - check the database user permissions assigned to the application service account
    Affected if the application database user has permissions beyond read-only (such as DDL, write, or administrative privileges)
  5. Check for input validation on query parameters
    Examine application logs or proxy logs for requests containing SQL/HQL syntax in query parameters (look for UNION, SELECT, DROP, or Hibernate-specific syntax like 'from', 'where' in parameter values)
    Affected if application accepts and processes raw SQL/HQL syntax in user-supplied parameters without sanitization

You are affected if your OpenText Flipper installation is exactly version 3.1.2 and the Hibernate Query Language processor is accessible to authenticated users without strict input validation.

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

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply vendor-provided security patches or upgrade to a fixed version; until then, implement strict input validation on all user-supplied parameters and apply least-privilege database access controls.

Fix this in Flipper Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
15.0 hours of engineering $2,640
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