CVE-2023-37498 HCL Unica Platform is vulnerable to a privilege escalation by unauthorized group assignation
An attacker can escalate privileges by reusing an administrator's POST request to assign themselves to arbitrary groups in HCL Unica Platform.
- 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-2023-37498?
CVE-2023-37498 is a high-severity vulnerability in HCL Unica Platform, published on 3 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A user is capable of assigning him/herself to arbitrary groups by reusing a POST request issued by an administrator. It is possible that an attacker could potentially escalate their privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37498?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Unica.
How do I fix CVE-2023-37498?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-37498 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37498 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL Unica Platform
- CVE-2025-62319 Boolean-Based SQL Injection in Multiple Unica Components
- CVE-2023-37497 An XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform
- CVE-2023-37499 A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform
- CVE-2023-37500 A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform
- CVE-2023-37501 A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Campaign
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c6qm-7rqc-8v77.