CVE-2022-38653 (GCVE-0-2022-38653)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-15 20:56 – Updated: 2025-04-18 14:56
VLAI
Title
HCL Digital Experience is susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS)
Summary
In HCL Digital Experience, customized XSS payload can be constructed such that it is served in the application unencoded.
Severity
2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-18 14:55 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
HCL CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 184 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HCL Software HCL Digital Experience Affected: 8.5, 9.0, 9.5
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Date Public
2022-12-15 19:22
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