CVE-2020-4082: Hcltech Connections

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The HCL Connections 5.5 help system is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Affected products

• Hcltech Connections: version 5.5 only

Published 2020-03-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.