CVE-2025-0248: HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability,

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 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: 2025-11-25 · updated 2026-10-18
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can specially craft a URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site and/or steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Affected products

HCL Software iNotes: before 12.0.2 FP6, <14.0 FP4

References

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0127032

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