Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain low-privilege iControl credentials
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DeliveryConnect to iControl over network
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ExploitSubmit crafted input of unexpected type
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ExecutionTrigger application input validation failure
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ImpactAchieve limited integrity modification or expose error message content
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Error message sanitization
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid low-privilege authenticated session in HCL iControl (PR:L per CVSS vector) - unauthenticated access alone is not sufficient. The application must be reachable over a network connection (AV:N). No user interaction from another party is required (UI:N). The specific application feature, endpoint, or input field subject to the validation failure is not identified in the available data - the vendor KB0131178 article should be consulted for precision. Exploitation is limited by the authentication requirement, which restricts the attacker pool to credentialed internal or external users; the low integrity-only impact (C:N, A:N) further limits the damage potential from a single exploit attempt. Note: the 'Information Disclosure' tag conflicts with the C:N CVSS rating - if confidentiality is actually impacted, the exploitation conditions and risk profile may differ from what the CVSS vector alone suggests. |
| Impact | The overall risk is moderate-to-low in most deployment contexts. The CVSS base score of 4.3 reflects a network-accessible, low-complexity flaw (AV:N/AC:L) requiring authenticated access (PR:L), which meaningfully reduces the attack surface compared to unauthenticated vulnerabilities. The CVSS impact scores show only low integrity impact (I:L) with no confidentiality (C:N) or availability (A:N) impact - however, this conflicts with the 'Information Disclosure' tag assigned to the CVE, which would typically imply a confidentiality impact. This contradiction is unresolved in the available data and should be verified against the vendor's KB0131178 advisory. No EPSS score was provided, no KEV listing exists, and no public exploit code has been identified - all signals pointing toward low exploitation urgency. SSVC assessment suggests 'Track' priority: no public exploitation, requires authentication, and limited technical impact. The primary concern is whether the CWE-209 angle exposes sensitive internal error messages to low-privileged authenticated users, which could facilitate further reconnaissance even if the raw CVSS integrity score appears modest. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated user with low-privilege credentials connects to HCL iControl over the network and submits a crafted request containing input of an unexpected data type - for example, passing a string where an integer is expected. The application fails to validate or correctly reject the malformed input, triggering error handling that may expose sensitive internal details (consistent with CWE-209) or allow minor data integrity manipulation. No public exploit code is known at the time of analysis, so exploitation would require manual crafting of malformed requests. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 04, 2026
Weak input validation in HCL iControl allows authenticated remote attackers to submit input of an unexpected type, resulting in limited integrity impact against the target system. The vulnerability stems from an implementation deficiency in an architectural security tactic - specifically, the application's failure to correctly validate received input against its expected type. No public exploit code exists and no active exploitation has been confirmed; however, the low-complexity, network-accessible attack vector lowers the bar for authenticated users to abuse this flaw.
RemediationAI
Consult HCL Software's official advisory at https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0131178 (KB0131178) for patching guidance. An exact fixed version was not provided in the available data, so the patch status is confirmed as 'Patch available per vendor advisory' without an independently verified fix version. As a compensating control, restrict access to the HCL iControl application to trusted, least-privilege authenticated accounts only, minimizing the pool of users who could exploit the input validation flaw. Ensure verbose error messages and stack traces are disabled or suppressed at the application and web server layers to limit information exposure consistent with CWE-209. Review application logs for anomalous inputs or unexpected type errors that may indicate attempted exploitation.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
HCL iControl is an enterprise software product from HCL Software. The root cause is classified under CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information), although the description characterizes the flaw as a type-validation weakness - this discrepancy warrants attention. CWE-209 typically manifests when an application generates verbose error messages in response to unexpected or malformed input, potentially exposing internal state, stack traces, or system configuration details. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) indicates the flaw is reachable over the network with low-complexity exploitation requiring only low-privilege authentication and no user interaction. The scope is unchanged (S:U), limiting the vulnerability's blast radius to the vulnerable component itself. Specific CPE strings identifying affected versions were not included in the provided data.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (hcl) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: hcl
DescriptionCVE.org
HCL iControl was affected by Weak Input Validation vulnerability. This weakness is caused during implementation of an architectural security tactic. Received input that is expected to be of a certain type, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input is actually of the expected type.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Reflected cross-site scripting and CSV formula injection in HCL iControl 4.0.0 let a remote attacker embed unsanitized i
Broken access control in HCL iControl (CVSS 3.1 score 8.8, AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) allows a low-privileged
HCL iControl's web interface fails to automatically expire user sessions after inactivity, leaving authenticated session
Missing HTTP security response headers in HCL iControl fail to instruct client browsers to engage their built-in XSS fil
Stack trace disclosure in HCL iControl v4.0.0 exposes internal application details to authenticated remote attackers via
HCL iControl exposes session cookies without the Secure or SameSite attributes set, and with the cookie path scoped to r
Insecure cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) configuration in HCL iControl allows an attacker-controlled website to iss
Insufficient session expiration in HCL iControl allows anyone who reaches a legitimate user's still-valid session to ope
Session cookie interception in HCL iControl allows an on-path attacker to capture sensitive information such as session
Improper error handling in HCL iControl causes verbose database and system error output to be returned to whoever trigge
EUVD-2025-210062
GHSA-pjv4-rfhc-cr73
NVD
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