CVE-2021-27774

An injection vulnerability affects HCL Digital Experience

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Published Sep 22, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 3.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

User input included in error response, which could be used in a phishing attack.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HCL Software

HCL Digital Experience

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`8.5, 9.0, 9.5`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-14515	User input included in error response, which could be used in a phishing attack.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.423% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0100491

History

May 27, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Hcltech Hcl Digital Experience

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 27, 2025, 3:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HCL
Published: Sep 22, 2022, 8:20 PM
Updated: May 27, 2025, 3:03 PM
Reserved: Feb 26, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 9:26 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 9:26 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 22, 2022, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:45 AM

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