CVE-2020-14246
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHCL OneTest Performance V9.5, V10.0, V10.1 uses basic authentication which is relatively weak. An attacker could potentially decode the encoded credentials.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceHCL OneTest Performance V9.5, V10.0, and V10.1 uses basic authentication, which encodes (Base64) credentials without encryption. An attacker who intercepts the authentication traffic can easily decode the credentials and gain unauthorized access.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 9.5.0= 10.0.0= 10.1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed HCL OneTest Performance versionLocate the installation directory and check the version file, or use the product's built-in version information (typically available in the product UI under Help > About, or check the install logs)Affected if Version is 9.5.0, 10.0.0, or 10.1.0 exactly as listed in affected versions
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Identify authentication mechanism in useReview the server configuration files (typically in conf or config directories under the product installation path) for authentication settings; look for basicAuth, realm, or auth-type configurationsAffected if Basic authentication is configured or enabled as the authentication mechanism
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Verify protocol used for authentication trafficInspect the server configuration or network listener settings to determine if HTTP (port 8080/80) or HTTPS (port 8443/443) is being used for user authentication endpointsAffected if HTTP (unencrypted) is enabled for authentication traffic rather than HTTPS only
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Capture and inspect authentication trafficUse a network capture tool (such as Wireshark or tcpdump) on the traffic between the client and the OneTest Performance server during login to observe if credentials are transmitted in Base64-encoded plaintextAffected if Login traffic shows Base64-encoded credentials without TLS encryption wrapping them
You are affected if you are running version 9.5.0, 10.0.0, or 10.1.0 AND using basic authentication over unencrypted HTTP connections, allowing credentials to be intercepted and trivially decoded.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace basic authentication with stronger mechanisms such as OAuth 2.0, SAML, or mutual TLS, and enforce HTTPS for all communications to protect credential transmission.
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- Implementation24.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA6.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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