CVE-2023-45720 HCL Leap is affected by a disclosure of private personal information vulnerability
Medium 5.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-45720 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-45720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Leap, published on 24 Apr 2025. 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-2023-45720 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: HCL Leap. 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-2023-45720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45720/index.md)
Attackers can anonymously access private personal information due to insufficient default configuration in HCL Leap.
- 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-2023-45720?
CVE-2023-45720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Leap, published on 24 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient default configuration in HCL Leap allows anonymous access to directory information.
Weakness: CWE-359
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45720?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Hcl Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2023-45720?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-45720 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45720 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-30113 HCL Leap is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-4jwf-g2r8-5pw8.