CVE-2024-42209 | HCL Connections is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability

HCL Connections is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that could allow a user to obtain sensitive information they are not entitled to, which is caused by improper handling of request data.

Published: 2025-07-17 Last update: 2025-10-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-42209 is rated Low Risk (27.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). 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-2024-42209

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 2026-05-13 0.05% 0.16% +0.11%
2 2026-04-12 0.03% 0.05% +0.03%
3 2025-12-13 0.03%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-42209

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-42209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-42209

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:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release5:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release6:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release7:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release8:*:*:*:*:*:*
hcltech connections 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:connections:8.0:cumulative_release9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-42209

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