Vulnerability · CVE-2025-31966
HCL Sametime is vulnerable to broken server-side validation.
Published Mar 17, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · HCL Sametime is vulnerable
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-31966. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of HCL Sametime is vulnerable is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (HCL Sametime is vulnerable).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Low2.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.20%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe hcltech/sametime
HCL Sametime is vulnerable to broken server-side validation. While the application performs client-side input checks, these are not enforced by the web server. An attacker can bypass these restrictions by sending manipulated HTTP requests directly to the server.
Are you affected?
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- cpe hcltech/sametimeversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2025-31966
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-31966. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of HCL Sametime is vulnerable is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. EPSS 0.20%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Mar 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
HCL Sametime is vulnerable to broken server-side validation. While the application performs client-side input checks, these are not enforced by the web server. An attacker can bypass these restrictions by sending manipulated HTTP requests directly to the server.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
HCL Sametime is vulnerable to broken server-side validation. While the application performs client-side input checks, these are not enforced by the web server. An attacker can bypass these restrictions by sending manipulated HTTP requests directly to the server.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31966
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-31966
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-31966
HCL Sametime is vulnerable to broken server-side validation. While the application performs client-side input checks, these are not enforced by the web server. An attacker can bypass these restrictions by sending manipulated HTTP requests directly to the server.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.