CVE-2024-42210

A Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects HCL Unica Marketing Operations v12.1.8 and lower. Stored cross-site scripting (also known as second-order or persistent XSS) arises when an application receives data from an untrusted source and includes that data within its later HTTP responses in an unsafe way.

CVSS v3 7.6 HIGH

7.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0123760	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/MarioTesoro/vulnerability-research/blob/main/CVE-2024-42210/README.md

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:unica:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-19 08:16

Updated : 2026-03-23 14:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-42210

Mitre link : CVE-2024-42210

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-42210

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Products Affected

hcltech

unica

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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