# CVE-2023-37496: HCL Verse is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

> An attacker can inject malicious scripts into HCL Verse to execute code in victims' browsers and steal sensitive session data.

- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jrm5-w6wg-xx63

## What is CVE-2023-37496?

CVE-2023-37496 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL Verse, published on 1 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

HCL Verse is susceptible to a Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.  An attacker could execute script in a victim's web browser to perform operations as the victim and/or steal the victim's cookies, session tokens, or other sensitive information.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37496?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Verse.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-37496?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-37496 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Verse

- [CVE-2021-27788](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27788/): HCL Verse is susceptible to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2023-28013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28013/): HCL Verse is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-27768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27768/): An SSL certificate host verification vulnerability affects HCL Verse for Android (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2020-4099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4099/): HCL Verse for Android is susceptible to an APK signing key check vulnerability (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37496 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-37496 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL Verse, published on 1 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Verse. 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-2023-37496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37496/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37496
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37496
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37496

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37496/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.