CVE-2020-4082

MEDIUM

HCL Connections 5.5 - Cross-Site Scripting in Help System

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The HCL Connections 5.5 help system is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0075447

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 37.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
hcltech/connections 5.5
Published Mar 05, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026