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Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-27545 affects HCL BigFix Web Reports. An authorized user may inject HTML into the email administrative configuration page, potentially misleading another user or affecting displayed content. The published severity is medium, with limited confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority administrative-console issue. It does not indicate unauthenticated compromise or active exploitation in the supplied evidence, but affected BigFix deployments should be checked and aligned with HCL guidance.
Technical view
The issue is categorized as CWE-79 and has CVSS 3.1 score 4.6: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Sources identify HCL BigFix versions 9.5 and 10.0 as affected. The source bundle does not specify fixed versions, exploit details, or named workarounds.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in environments running HCL BigFix Web Reports 9.5 or 10.0 where authorized users can access the email administrative configuration page.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. The CVSS vector indicates low privileges and user interaction are required, with local attack vector scoring.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE metadata and HCL advisory reference. Avoid assuming exploitability beyond authorized-user HTML injection on the email administrative configuration page. Key unknowns include fixed builds, exact injection persistence, and required user role boundaries.
Mitigation direction
- Identify whether BigFix Web Reports 9.5 or 10.0 is deployed.
- Review HCL KB0098998 for official fixed versions or workarounds.
- Apply vendor-provided updates or configuration guidance after confirming applicability.
- Restrict Web Reports administrative configuration access to trusted administrators.
- Monitor email configuration changes for unexpected HTML or unauthorized edits.
Validation and detection
- Inventory BigFix Web Reports versions across managed environments.
- Review permissions for the email administrative configuration page.
- Check recent configuration changes by low-privileged authorized users.
- Inspect the affected page for unexpected injected HTML content.
- Confirm remediation status against HCL advisory KB0098998.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.6 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N1.52.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.6MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098998CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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