CVE-2024-30114
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 · uneditedInsufficient sanitization in HCL Leap allows client-side script injection in the authoring environment.
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 Leap contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to insufficient input sanitization in its authoring environment. An attacker with access to the authoring environment can inject malicious client-side scripts that execute in the context of other users' sessions.
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< 9.3.6CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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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Identify installed HCL Leap versionAccess the HCL Leap administration console or check the product about page to determine the currently installed version numberAffected if The installed version is lower than 9.3.6
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Confirm authoring environment is accessibleVerify whether the HCL Leap authoring environment is enabled and accessible to users - typically accessible via the /leap/authoring endpoint or equivalentAffected if The authoring environment is enabled and accessible to users with form creation privileges
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Review form definitions for unsanitized inputsInspect forms created in the authoring environment for fields that accept user input without visible output encoding or sanitization checksAffected if Forms contain input fields that render user-supplied content without proper encoding or validation
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Examine browser session behaviorUse browser developer tools to monitor for unexpected script execution when authoring environment forms are accessed or when form data is renderedAffected if Malicious scripts execute in the context of other users' sessions when viewing forms
You are affected if your installed HCL Leap version is below 9.3.6 and the authoring environment is accessible to users who can create or modify forms.
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.
dbcve · scoped9.3.6
Apply vendor-supplied patches for HCL Leap and implement output encoding for user-supplied content in the authoring environment. Validate that all form inputs are properly sanitized before rendering.
HCL Leap 9.3.6
- Contact HCL Software support at support.hcl-software.com to obtain the upgrade package for HCL Leap version 9.3.6 or later
- Follow HCL's standard upgrade documentation for your deployment method (on-premise or cloud)
- After upgrade, verify the XSS fix is applied by testing script injection in the authoring environment
- Confirm the Leap version is 9.3.6 or higher via the About panel
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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.
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- 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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