HCL Connections 7.0/8.0 exposure of sensitive information

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HCL Connections 7.0/8.0. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in exposure of sensitive information. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-52603. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in HCL Connections 7.0/8.0. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a exposure of sensitive information vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-213. The product's intended functionality exposes information to certain actors in accordance with the developer's security policy, but this information is regarded as sensitive according to the intended security policies of other stakeholders such as the product's administrator, users, or others whose information is being processed. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

HCL Connections is vulnerable to information disclosure. In a very specific user navigation scenario, this could allow a user to obtain limited information when a single piece of internal metadata is returned in the browser.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.hcl-software.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-52603 since 06/18/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Exposure of sensitive information
CWE: CWE-213 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/18/2025 CVE reserved
02/20/2026 +247 days Advisory disclosed
02/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: KB0124242
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-52603 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-52603
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-347115

Entryinfo

Created: 02/20/2026 17:11
Changes: 02/20/2026 17:11 (61)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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