BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-12-02

Last updated on: 2025-12-04

Assigner: HCL Software

Description

The BigFix SaaS's HTTP responses were missing some security headers. The absence of these headers weakens the application's client-side security posture, making it more vulnerable to common web attacks that these headers are designed to mitigate, such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Clickjacking, and protocol downgrade attacks.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-12-02

Last Modified

2025-12-04

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-12-02

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-52622

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
hcl	bigfix	3.1

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-1188	The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the product's installer, administrator, or maintainer, but the default is not secure.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability involves the BigFix SaaS application missing certain security headers in its HTTP responses. These headers are important for protecting the client side from common web attacks such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Clickjacking, and protocol downgrade attacks. Without these headers, the application is more vulnerable to these types of attacks.

Impact Analysis

The absence of security headers weakens the client-side security of the application, increasing the risk that attackers could exploit vulnerabilities like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Clickjacking, or protocol downgrade attacks. This could lead to unauthorized actions, data theft, or manipulation of the application from the user's browser.

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