HCL Compass up to 2.2.7 password recoverable

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in HCL Compass up to 2.2.7. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to password recoverable. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-0280. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HCL Compass up to 2.2.7. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recoverable vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-257. The storage of passwords in a recoverable format makes them subject to password reuse attacks by malicious users. In fact, it should be noted that recoverable encrypted passwords provide no significant benefit over plaintext passwords since they are subject not only to reuse by malicious attackers but also by malicious insiders. If a system administrator can recover a password directly, or use a brute force search on the available information, the administrator can use the password on other accounts. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A security vulnerability in HCL Compass can allow attacker to gain unauthorized database access.

The advisory is shared at support.hcl-software.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-0280 since 01/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 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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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 2.5
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Password recoverable
CWE: CWE-257 / CWE-255
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/06/2025 CVE reserved
09/03/2025 +239 days Advisory disclosed
09/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: KB0123627
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-0280 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-0280
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322445

Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2025 23:39
Changes: 09/03/2025 23:39 (61)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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