Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged user
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DeliverySubmit crafted HTML/special characters
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ExploitContent stored or reflected
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ExecutionVictim renders injected markup
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ImpactClient-side execution in user session
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization HTML tag escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated user with at least low-level access to the HCL Unica MaxAI Assistant (PR:L), and a victim must interact with the injected content for it to render (UI:R) - these two factors are the primary limits on real-world risk. The attacker must reach an input surface within the MaxAI Assistant that processes special HTML characters client-side and renders them without neutralization; the specific feature or field acting as the injection sink is not named in the description. Impact is confined to the user's own session context (scope unchanged), limiting the ability to pivot to other users or systems. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority, low-risk issue despite being a client-side injection flaw. The CVSS 3.1 score of 4.6 (Medium) is driven down by meaningful limiting metrics: although the attack vector is network (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L), exploitation requires both prior authentication (PR:L) and user interaction (UI:R), with unchanged scope (S:U) and only Low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact. The EPSS score of 0.17% (6th percentile) corroborates low real-world exploitation likelihood, and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public proof-of-concept, so there is no evidence of active exploitation or weaponization. All signals are consistent and point the same direction - a legitimate but minor client-side HTML injection in a niche enterprise product, not an urgent patch-now scenario. No SSVC decision data was provided in the input, so an automatable/technical-impact determination cannot be made. The CWE-80 classification (improper neutralization of HTML tags) aligns with the XSS tag and the description; the primary unknown is the exact injection sink and whether an attacker can affect a victim other than themselves, which the scope-unchanged (S:U) metric and the phrase 'in the context of the user's session' suggest is limited. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated low-privileged user of the HCL Unica MaxAI Assistant submits input containing special HTML characters into a field that is later rendered without proper neutralization. When a user views that content, the injected markup is processed client-side within their session, potentially altering the displayed page or capturing session-context data. No public exploit code is known, and successful exploitation still requires the victim to interact with the malicious content. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026
HTML injection in HCL Unica MaxAI Assistant allows an authenticated low-privileged user to insert special characters that are processed client-side in another user's session, but only when a victim interacts with the crafted content. The assessed CVSS vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N, score 4.6) confirms remote reachability, low privileges, required user interaction, and limited confidentiality and integrity impact without scope change. EPSS is 0.17% (6th percentile), no CISA KEV entry or public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and the issue is considered low priority.
RemediationAI
No exact fix version is included in the provided intelligence, so a vendor-released patch cannot be confirmed from this feed; consult HCL advisory KB0124424 (https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0124424) for the patched build. Until a fix is applied, reduce exposure by limiting access to HCL Unica MaxAI Assistant to trusted authenticated users, because exploitation requires at least low-level privileges (PR:L), and consider disabling the assistant feature if it is not business-critical; this removes the injection surface but eliminates assistant functionality. Because exploitation also requires user interaction (UI:R), user awareness around suspicious assistant content can help, but it is not a reliable substitute for a patch or access restriction. Monitor the vendor advisory for an exact fixed release.
Affected ProductsAI
The affected product is HCL Unica MaxAI Assistant. The supplied data does not provide a version range, CPE URI, or platform identifier, so the precise affected builds cannot be determined from this feed alone. The HCL PSIRT advisory at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0124424 is the available reference and should be used to confirm affected versions and any fixed releases.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is an improper neutralization of script-related HTML tags (CWE-80) in the client-side rendering path of HCL Unica MaxAI Assistant. The supplied tags label it XSS, but the description and CWE point to HTML injection: special characters supplied by an attacker are processed in the browser and rendered in the context of the victim user's session rather than being safely encoded. The CVSS vector shows network access (AV:N), low privileges (PR:L), and required user interaction (UI:R), with scope unchanged (S:U) and only low confidentiality and integrity impact (C:L/I:L). No CPE URI or version range is included in the provided intelligence, and the exact input field or feature acting as the injection sink is not named.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable web app but requires an authenticated low-priv account (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R); HTML injection yields limited confidentiality/integrity impact within the unchanged session scope, no availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: hcl
DescriptionCVE.org
HCL Unica MaxAI Assistant is susceptible to a HTML injection vulnerability. An attacker could insert special characters that are processed client-side in the context of the user's session.
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