CVE-2022-42447
Published: 02 April 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-42447 is a critical-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Hcltech Hcl Compass. Its CVSS base score is 9.6 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked at the 44.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-45520
Vulnerability details
HCL Compass is vulnerable to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS). This vulnerability can allow an unprivileged remote attacker to trick a legitimate user into accessing a special resource and executing a malicious request.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.