# CVE-2022-42452: Cross-site scripting in HCL Launch

> Attackers can inject malicious HTML into HCL Launch, enabling XSS and open redirection attacks against users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x3pg-369x-vc72

## What is CVE-2022-42452?

CVE-2022-42452 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL Launch, published on 30 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL Launch is vulnerable to HTML injection.  HTML code is stored and included without being sanitized. This can lead to further attacks such as XSS and Open Redirections.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42452?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltechsw Hcl Launch.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-42452?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42452 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-42452 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42452 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Launch

- [CVE-2024-42196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-42196/): HCL Launch is susceptible to Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2023-45702](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45702/): HCL Launch Agent as a Windows service is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-2023-45703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45703/): HCL Launch is susceptible to a Denial of Service vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-27551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27551/): HCL Launch could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information (CVE-2022-27551) (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-23348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23348/): HCL Launch is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-42452 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-42452 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL Launch, published on 30 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42452 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Launch. 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-2022-42452/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42452/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-42452
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42452
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42452

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42452/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.