Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-55262 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Hcltech Aftermarket Cloud. Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Unsecured Credentials (T1552); ranked at the 19th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-5 (Authenticator Management) and SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-55262 is a SQL injection vulnerability affecting HCL Aftermarket DPC software. Published on 2026-03-26, it enables an attacker to exploit the flaw and retrieve sensitive information from the underlying database. The issue is linked to CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials) and CWE-89 (SQL Injection), with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H), indicating high severity due to significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity, though it requires user interaction, such as tricking a user into performing an action like clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to extract sensitive database information (high confidentiality impact), potentially modify limited data (low integrity impact), and disrupt service availability (high availability impact).
Mitigation guidance is available in the HCL Software advisory at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0129793.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-209081
Vulnerability Data
HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by SQL Injection which allows attacker to exploit this vulnerability to retrieve sensitive information from the database.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V6.2.5
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Authenticator management requires secure distribution and handling of credentials, structurally discouraging hard-coded values.
Developer testing and evaluation can discover SQLi flaws before deployment but does not stop their introduction.
Cryptographic key management mandates proper establishment and handling instead of embedding keys in code.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from reaching SQL query construction without neutralization.
Secure engineering principles require parameterized queries and input sanitization that structurally eliminate SQLi.
System monitoring can identify attempted SQLi exploitation via anomalous queries after the weakness exists.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.
PR.AA-01's credential/key-management processes can reduce the incentive to embed secrets but do not address or detect hard-coded values in source code, so the weakness remains fully possible.
Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.
PR.AA-02 addresses human identity proofing and per-person credential issuance at enrollment; it has no bearing on whether developers embed static credentials in software.
PR.DS-01 addresses encryption and integrity of stored data but never touches credential or key management practices, so it neither prevents hard-coded credentials nor removes any of their risk.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.
Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.
Education on secure configuration practices discourages technical staff from embedding or relying on hard-coded credentials in systems and applications.
Secure key-generation, distribution and storage procedures reduce the likelihood that hard-coded or default cryptographic keys will be introduced or left unprotected.
Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.