CVE-2020-14248 Information disclosure in HCL BigFix Inventory
Attackers can capture session cookies via HTTP requests due to missing secure flags, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-14248?
CVE-2020-14248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL BigFix Inventory, published on 16 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
BigFix Inventory up to v10.0.2 does not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14248?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Bigfix Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14248?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14248 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-14248 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14248 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL BigFix Inventory
- CVE-2026-21765 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insecure permissions on private cryptographic keys
- CVE-2023-37519 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2023-37520 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by Unathenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2020-14254 Weak cryptography in HCL BigFix Inventory
- CVE-2022-42453 HCL BigFix Platform is affected by insufficient warnings
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j564-pmx9-wqcj.