CVE-2022-38656 HCL Commerce, when using Elasticsearch, could be affected by a denial of service vulnerability
Remote attackers can cause denial of service and make administrative changes in HCL Commerce when Elasticsearch is used.
- 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-2022-38656?
CVE-2022-38656 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in HCL Commerce, published on 4 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HCL Commerce, when using Elasticsearch, can allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service attack on the site and make administrative changes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38656?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltechsw Hcl Commerce.
How do I fix CVE-2022-38656?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38656 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-38656 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38656 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL Commerce
- CVE-2020-14275 Other in HCL Commerce
- CVE-2021-27741 XML external entity in Commerce
- CVE-2020-14274 Information disclosure in HCL Commerce
- CVE-2024-23576 HCL Commerce is potentially affected by a denial of service and information disclosure vulnerability
- CVE-2021-27751 HCL Commerce is affected by an Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-69wm-75j8-rv9g.