# CVE-2022-44760: HCL Leap is affected by an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability

> Attackers can upload malicious files to execute unsafe JavaScript in HCL Leap applications due to unsafe default file type filters.

- **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:** 24 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 25 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mw98-rfjc-q8w9

## What is CVE-2022-44760?

CVE-2022-44760 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Leap, published on 24 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Unsafe default file type filter policy in HCL
Leap allows execution of unsafe JavaScript in deployed applications.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-44760?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Hcl Leap.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-44760?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-44760 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-44760 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-44760 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Leap

- [CVE-2022-38657](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38657/): An open redirect to malicious sites affects HCL Leap (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-37534](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37534/): HCL Leap is affected by a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-30147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30147/): HCL Leap is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-30113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30113/): HCL Leap is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-45720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45720/): HCL Leap is affected by a disclosure of private personal information vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-44760 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-44760 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Leap, published on 24 Apr 2025. 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-2022-44760 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Leap. 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-2022-44760/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44760/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-44760
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-44760
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-44760

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44760/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.