CVE-2024-42210

HCL Unica Marketing Operations v12.1.8 and lower is affected by a Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Published: Mar 19, 2026Updated: Mar 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79

7.6HIGH

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:HPrivileges Required

High

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

hcltech

commercial·INaka hcl tech

unicaOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / crm

HCLSoftware

commercial

Unica Marketing Operations (Plan)On-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Execution

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References

https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0123760

support.hcl-software.com

https://github.com/MarioTesoro/vulnerability-research/blob/main/CVE-2024-42210/README.md

github.com

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