CVE-2020-14225

HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Tabnabbing vulnerability caused by improper sanitization of message content. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to trick the end user into entering sensitive information such as credentials, e.g. as part of a phishing attack.

Published: 2020-12-21 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-14225 is rated Moderate Risk (48.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14225

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.07% 0.56% -0.52%
2 2025-03-29 0.56% 1.07% +0.52%
3 2025-03-17 0.56%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-14225

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-14225

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14225

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hcltech hcl_inotes 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:10.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:10.0.1:fixpack1:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:10.0.1:fixpack2:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:10.0.1:fixpack3:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:10.0.1:fixpack4:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes 11.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltechsw hcl_inotes < 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltechsw:hcl_inotes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltechsw hcl_inotes 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltechsw:hcl_inotes:9.0.1:fixpack_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltechsw hcl_inotes 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltechsw:hcl_inotes:9.0.1:fixpack_9:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltechsw hcl_inotes 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltechsw:hcl_inotes:9.0.1:fixpack_9_interim_fix_1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-14225

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