CVE-2023-28017: HCL Connections is vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

HCL Connections is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack where an attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user after visiting the vulnerable URL which leads to executing malicious script code. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and comprise a user's account then launch other attacks.

Affected products

HCL Software Connections: 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 8.0

References

https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108264
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108264

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