HCL Connections 7.0/8.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in HCL Connections 7.0/8.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-37541. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HCL Connections 7.0/8.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

HCL Connections contains a broken access control vulnerability that may allow unauthorized user to update data in certain scenarios.

The advisory is shared at support.hcltechsw.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-37541 since 07/06/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/29/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CNA Base Score: 3.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/06/2023 🔍
06/25/2024 +355 days 🔍
06/25/2024 +0 days 🔍
10/29/2025 +491 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: KB0114156
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-37541 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-37541
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269665

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2024 17:34
Updated: 10/29/2025 16:28
Changes: 06/25/2024 17:34 (62), 02/26/2025 04:27 (2), 10/29/2025 16:28 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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