HCL Sametime up to 12.0.1 FP1 Legacy Web Chat Client information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in HCL Sametime up to 12.0.1 FP1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Legacy Web Chat Client. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-45696. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HCL Sametime up to 12.0.1 FP1 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Legacy Web Chat Client. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Sametime is impacted by sensitive fields with autocomplete enabled in the Legacy web chat client. By default, this allows user entered data to be stored by the browser.

The weakness was published 02/10/2024 as KB0109082. It is possible to read the advisory at support.hcltechsw.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-45696 since 10/10/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-49985). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 1.8
VulDB Temp Score: 1.8
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 4.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/10/2023 🔍
02/10/2024 +123 days 🔍
02/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/03/2025 +479 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: KB0109082
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-45696 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-45696
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253355
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2024 09:03
Updated: 06/03/2025 23:38
Changes: 02/10/2024 09:03 (49), 09/05/2024 15:49 (26), 04/20/2025 01:58 (1), 06/03/2025 23:38 (1)
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