Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V7 - Session Management Session fixation prevention
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| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 score of 5.9 reflects a moderate vulnerability with mixed risk signals. The vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L) indicates network accessibility and no privilege requirement, but high attack complexity and user interaction reduce practical exploitability. Notably, the impact profile shows high confidentiality impact (session takeover enabling unauthorized transaction viewing) but no integrity impact and low availability impact, which is inconsistent with the threat description mentioning unauthorized transactions-suggesting the integrity concern may be understated or non-captured in the CVSS assessment. CISA's SSVC decision framework rates exploitation as "none" with "no" automatable status, indicating this is not currently a priority for coordinated vulnerability remediation and requires manual, user-specific targeting. The high attack complexity likely stems from the user interaction requirement (victim must visit attacker-controlled content or follow a crafted link). Overall, this is a real but not immediately critical threat-it requires victim social engineering and careful session manipulation, limiting its impact compared to vulnerabilities with low AC and no UI requirements. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious URL containing a session identifier they have created on the Aftermarket DPC application and sends it to a legitimate user via phishing email or social engineering. When the user clicks the link and authenticates to the application, the attacker can then reuse the same session identifier (which remains valid post-authentication due to the session fixation flaw) to access the user's account and perform unauthorized transactions such as viewing sensitive transactional data or initiating fraudulent activity on the user's behalf. The high attack complexity likely reflects the attacker's need to carefully time the exploitation window and ensure the victim uses the injected session, rather than any technical barriers to triggering the flaw itself. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 26, 2026
HCL Aftermarket DPC versions up to 1.0.0 are vulnerable to session fixation attacks that enable attackers to hijack user sessions and perform unauthorized transactions without requiring valid credentials. The vulnerability exploits improper session management to allow an attacker to force a victim to use a predetermined session identifier, then leverage that session for fraudulent activity. This is a network-accessible flaw requiring user interaction (e.g., clicking a malicious link) but no prior authentication. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at the time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Apply the security update provided by HCL via their support portal at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0129793 to upgrade Aftermarket DPC to a patched version. Until patching is completed, implement session security controls including mandatory session ID regeneration upon login, secure session cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Strict flags), short session timeout windows, and network-level protections such as HTTPS enforcement via reverse proxy with HSTS headers. Additionally, educate users to avoid clicking links from untrusted sources that may initiate pre-set sessions, and consider implementing browser security policies that restrict cross-site session hijacking.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Session fixation is classified under CWE-384 and represents a fundamental failure in session management implementation. HCL Aftermarket DPC (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:hcl:aftermarket_dpc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) fails to properly regenerate session identifiers upon user authentication or to invalidate pre-authentication session IDs. The vulnerability likely exists in the session handling mechanism where an unauthenticated attacker can establish a session, inject that session identifier into a victim's browser (typically via URL manipulation or other vector), and after the victim authenticates, the attacker retains access to the authenticated session. This bypasses normal authentication controls by exploiting the application's trust in an attacker-controlled session token.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
HCL Aftermarket DPC is affected by Session Fixation which allows attacker to takeover the user's session and use it carry out unauthorized transaction behalf of the user.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using HCL Aftermarket DPC should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-55266 rated CVSS 5.9. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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