CVE-2024-42173 HCL MyXalytics is affected by an improper password policy implementation vulnerability
Weak password policies and lack of account lockout in HCL MyXalytics allow attackers to brute-force credentials and take over accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-42173?
CVE-2024-42173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Software DRYiCE MyXalytics, published on 11 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
HCL MyXalytics is affected by an improper password policy implementation vulnerability. Weak passwords and lack of account lockout policies allow attackers to guess or brute-force passwords if the username is known.
Weakness: CWE-521
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-42173?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Dryice Myxalytics.
How do I fix CVE-2024-42173?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-42173 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-42173 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-42173 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software DRYiCE MyXalytics
- CVE-2024-42168 HCL MyXalytics is affected by out-of-band resource load (HTTP) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-45722 Path Traversal Arbitrary File Read affects DRYiCE MyXalytics
- CVE-2023-50343 Improper Access Control (Controller APIs) affects DRYiCE MyXalytics
- CVE-2023-45724 Unauthenticated File Upload affects DRYiCE MyXalytics
- CVE-2023-50350 A broken cryptographic algorithm impacts MyXalytics
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hh5m-ff4f-2qxj.