# CVE-2023-37501: A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Campaign

> Attackers can inject persistent scripts into HCL Unica Campaign to hijack user sessions and execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 27 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p4mm-96q9-j9gq

## What is CVE-2023-37501?

CVE-2023-37501 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL Unica Campaign, 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 Persistent XSS vulnerability can be carried out in a certain field of Unica Campaign.  An attacker could hijack a user's session and perform other attacks.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37501?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Unica.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-37501?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-37501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Unica Campaign

- [CVE-2025-62319](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62319/): Boolean-Based SQL Injection in Multiple Unica Components (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-37497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37497/): An XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-37498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37498/): HCL Unica Platform is vulnerable to a privilege escalation by unauthorized group assignation (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-37499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37499/): A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-37500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37500/): A Persistent Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Platform (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-37501 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-37501 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in HCL Unica Campaign, published on 3 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Unica Campaign. 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-2023-37501/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37501/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37501
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37501
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37501

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37501/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.