CVE-2023-28017
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- hcltech/connections
- Source
- psirt@hcl.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108264Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0108264Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.