CVE-2022-38653

HCL Digital Experience is susceptible to cross-site scripting (XSS)

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Published Dec 15, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 2 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

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

unaffected

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

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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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.312% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

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

History

Apr 18, 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 Digital Experience

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 18, 2025, 2:56 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: HCL
Published: Dec 15, 2022, 8:56 PM
Updated: Apr 18, 2025, 2:56 PM
Reserved: Aug 22, 2022, 4:31 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 19, 2022, 11:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:56 AM

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