# CVE-2023-45696: HCL Sametime is impacted by an autocomplete enabled vulnerability

> Sensitive fields in the Legacy web chat client allow browser storage of user data, potentially exposing information to local attackers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j75r-xrr2-rgp6

## What is CVE-2023-45696?

CVE-2023-45696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Sametime, published on 10 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Sametime is impacted by sensitive fields with autocomplete enabled in the Legacy web chat client. By default, this allows user entered data to be stored by the browser.

Weakness: CWE-524 (Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45696?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Sametime.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45696?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45696 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45696 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Sametime

- [CVE-2021-27771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27771/): HCL Sametime is susceptible a file transfer service vulnerability (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2021-27772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27772/): HCL Sametime is vulnerable to an information disclosure (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-27770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27770/): HCL Sametime is vulnerable to arbitrary HTTP requests (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-42446](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-42446/): HCL Sametime 12.0 and 12.0FP1 anonymous users have directory lookup access (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-50349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50349/): HCL Sametime is impacted by a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-45696 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Sametime, published on 10 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45696 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Sametime. 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-2023-45696/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45696/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45696
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45696
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45696

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45696/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.