CVE-2023-37504 An insufficient session expiration vulnerability affects HCL Compass

High 7.1 Published 19 Oct 2023 Updated 12 Sep 2024

Attackers can replay session identifiers to impersonate users because HCL Compass fails to invalidate sessions upon logout.

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: None listed

What is CVE-2023-37504?

CVE-2023-37504 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HCL Compass, published on 19 Oct 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 Compass is vulnerable to failure to invalidate sessions. The application does not invalidate authenticated sessions when the log out functionality is called. If the session identifier can be discovered, it could be replayed to the application and used to impersonate the user.

Weakness: CWE-613

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37504?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hcltech Hcl Compass.

How do I fix CVE-2023-37504?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37504 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2023-37504 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37504 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rfmr-g36p-h7hg.