CVE-2023-45696: HCL Sametime is impacted by an autocomplete enabled vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: 2024-02-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-524

Description

Sametime is impacted by sensitive fields with autocomplete enabled in the Legacy web chat client. By default, this allows user entered data to be stored by the browser.

Affected products

HCL Software Sametime: from 11.5 before 12.0.2 — fixed in 12.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HCL Software Sametime 12.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0109082
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0109082

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