HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2022-08-29 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-32047

cvss: 8.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits: 0; none known

HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input supplied with a form POST request. 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 and/or steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Exploit prediction

0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software HCL iNotes

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0100216
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-27546
NVD CVE-2022-27546

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Summary