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CVE-2020-4082

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The HCL Connections 5.5 help system is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Affected products

• HCL Software Connections: 5.5

References

• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0075447
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0075447

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