# CVE-2020-14225: Cross-site scripting in HCL iNotes

> Remote attackers can exploit improper sanitization in HCL iNotes to perform tabnabbing, tricking users into revealing sensitive credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rg38-723q-h7xm

## What is CVE-2020-14225?

CVE-2020-14225 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL iNotes, published on 21 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Tabnabbing vulnerability caused by improper sanitization of message content. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to trick the end user into entering sensitive information such as credentials, e.g. as part of a phishing attack.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14225?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Hcltech Hcl Inotes, Hcltechsw Hcl Inotes.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-14225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL iNotes

- [CVE-2020-14271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14271/): Cross-site scripting in HCL iNotes (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2020-4126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4126/): Information disclosure in HCL iNotes (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-27760](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27760/): HCL Notes 11.0 - 11.0.1 FP4 Sametime Embedded chat clients are vulnerable to group chats loading script on restart (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14225 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL iNotes, published on 21 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL iNotes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.