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CVE-2021-27788 (GCVE-0-2021-27788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-10 04:13 – Updated: 2025-02-27 20:22
VLAI
Title
HCL Verse is susceptible to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
HCL Verse is susceptible to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.  By tricking a user into clicking a crafted URL, a remote unauthenticated attacker could execute script in a victim's web browser to perform operations as the victim and/or steal the victim's cookies, session tokens, or other sensitive information.
Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-27 20:21 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
HCL Software Verse Affected: 2.x
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Date Public
2023-03-09 23:07
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