CVE-2025-62340
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 iControl was affected by Inadequate Session Timeout vulnerability. The vulnerability involves a security risk where a web application fails to automatically terminate user sessions after a period of inactivity
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 iControl has an inadequate session timeout vulnerability where user sessions remain active beyond acceptable periods of inactivity. This could allow attackers who gain access to valid session identifiers to hijack active user sessions or reuse stale sessions for unauthorized access.
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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= 4.2.0CVSS 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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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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Identify the installed HCL iControl versionLocate the iControl installation directory and check the version information, typically found in an about page, version file, or admin panel of the web applicationAffected if The installed version is exactly 4.2.0
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Access the session management configurationLog into the HCL iControl web interface as an administrator and navigate to the session management or security settings sectionAffected if Session timeout settings are either absent, set to an excessively long duration, or disabled entirely
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Verify the current session timeout valueInspect the session timeout configuration parameter in the admin settings or configuration files - look for timeout values measured in minutes or hoursAffected if The session timeout is configured to a value significantly higher than organizational security policy requirements or remains at default unbounded values
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Check for active sessions after inactivity periodLog into iControl, remain inactive beyond typical expected timeframes, then attempt to use the original session identifier to access protected resourcesAffected if The session remains valid and allows access after extended inactivity, indicating the timeout is not being enforced
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Review session cookie or token expirationExamine the session cookie or token properties returned by iControl after authentication, checking the Max-Age or Expires attributesAffected if The session identifier has no expiration or an expiration timestamp set far into the future
You are affected if HCL iControl version 4.2.0 is installed AND session timeouts are either not configured, set to excessive durations, or not actively enforced.
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 dataConfigure appropriate session timeout values in the HCL iControl web application settings to ensure sessions are automatically terminated after a defined period of inactivity.
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