CVE-2020-14271

HCL iNotes v9, v10 and v11 is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper handling of message content. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted markup to execute script in a victim's web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site and/or steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Published: 2020-12-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-14271 is rated Moderate Risk (49.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.77%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14271

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 0.87% 0.77% -0.10%
2 2025-03-29 0.77% 0.87% +0.10%
3 2025-03-25 — 0.77% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-14271

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-14271

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14271

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hcltech hcl_inotes >= 9.0, < 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:10.0.1:fixpack5:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:11.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech hcl_inotes 11.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:hcl_inotes:11.0.1:fixpack1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-14271

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