CVE-2022-38653 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In HCL Digital Experience, customized XSS payload can be constructed such that it is served in the application unencoded.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00242.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hcltech Subscribe	Digital Experience Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:digital_experience:8.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:digital_experience:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:digital_experience:9.5:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41226	In HCL Digital Experience, customized XSS payload can be constructed such that it is served in the application unencoded.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0102141

History

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HCL

Published: 2022-12-15T20:56:55.103Z

Updated: 2025-04-18T14:56:02.038Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T16:31:27.393Z

Link: CVE-2022-38653

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.492Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-19T11:15:10.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:16:52.100

Link: CVE-2022-38653

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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