# CVE-2021-27785: HCL Commerce could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive personal information (CVE-2021-27785)

> A local attacker can obtain sensitive personal information from HCL Commerce's Remote Store server after the victim performs a specific operation.

- **Severity:** Low 3.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcqq-qpj9-p4v3

## What is CVE-2021-27785?

CVE-2021-27785 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL Commerce, published on 29 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL Commerce's Remote Store server could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive personal information. The vulnerability requires the victim to first perform a particular operation on the website.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27785?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltechsw Hcl Commerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-27785?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27785 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-27785 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Commerce

- [CVE-2020-14275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14275/): Other in HCL Commerce (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27741](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27741/): XML external entity in Commerce (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-38656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38656/): HCL Commerce, when using Elasticsearch, could be affected by a denial of service vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2020-14274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14274/): Information disclosure in HCL Commerce (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-23576](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23576/): HCL Commerce is potentially affected by a denial of service and information disclosure vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-27785 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-27785 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL Commerce, published on 29 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27785 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Commerce. 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-2021-27785/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27785/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27785
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27785
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27785

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27785/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.