CVE-2024-23557 | HCL Connections is vulnerable to a user enumeration vulnerability

HCL Connections contains a user enumeration vulnerability. Certain actions could allow an attacker to determine if the user is valid or not, leading to a possible brute force attack.

Published: 2024-04-18 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-23557 is rated Low Risk (23.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-23557

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 2026-06-15 0.38% 0.35% -0.04%
2 2025-11-21 0.21% 0.38% +0.18%
3 2025-11-18 0.21%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-23557

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.1 1.4 [email protected]
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-23557

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-23557

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hcltech connections 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release1:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release2:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release3:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-23557

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