CVE-2023-28013: HCL Verse is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-07-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

HCL Verse is susceptible to a Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By tricking a user into entering crafted markup a remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute script in a victim's web browser to perform operations as the victim and/or steal the victim's cookies, session tokens, or other sensitive information.

Affected products

HCL Software HCL Verse: before 3.1 — fixed in 3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HCL Software HCL Verse 3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0105905
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0105905

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